Dream World: Tales of American Life in the 20th Century

Young love is wonderful but lookout for the pitfallsThe Andersons are in Ocorlampa. Florida to look at the college for their daughter Liz. They saw their daughter move into a family home of the Wilsons At the same time a young man Willie has come to Florida to settle in so he can go to the local college. He finds a room with an elderly widow. Both of these young people find jobs at Dream World where they are destined to meet. Therefore Liz and Willie and begin dating. Neither are very experienced in dating so it is new for them. They fall in love but Willie gets scared as he is not ready for marriage yet so he drops Liz without any explanation. Sue who fancies herself the complete woman pursues Willie. She does not think Liz is right for Willie and they have heated relationship. Liz is puzzled. Willie does not love Sue and by Christmas has broken up with her and then sets out to get Liz back. This takes some maneuvering to get Liz back and signs up to be in the same class in the new term. Another young man Mike who is in the class becomes competition for Willie. The three of them end up going to lunch together. There is much lively discussion in class. Mike also got to know Sue. Willie & Mike got into a fight and Sue claimed they were fighting over her. Read the book to see how it turns out.