Coming of age in 1959, a na ve college junior leaves a small town in Southern Illinois to spend his summer vacation in Chicago.
Bruce has adequate skills for the task, but his two, few years older, married colleagues are jealous of his youth a.
Another family friend, a vice president at Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, orders the chief draftsman there to give him a job.
He is staying with his mother\'s childhood friend, Dearie, who is Jewish, separated from her husband, lonely, and an alcoholic.
Coming of age in 1959, a na ve college junior leaves a small town in Southern Illinois to spend his summer vacation in Chicago