Downtown - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:Anne Rivers Siddons, Kate Burton (Narrator) It's 1966 and Maureen "Smoky" O'Donnell has moved from a poor, Catholic enclave in Savannah to the burgeoning metropolis of Atlanta. A young, bright and talented writer, Smoky joins the staff of "Downtown" magazine and writes of the powerful forces that are changing forever the face of Atlanta and America. — Working th... more »e charismatic and controlling Matthew Comfort, Smoky learns to fight for good stories and finds that Atlanta is the place to be for bright, determined southerners like herself. And, as she begins to create a life of her own, Smoky struggles with the values of her family and religion, the great social upheavals taking place around her and the men in her life.
The choices Smoky faces, and her ultimate decision, create a tender, joyous, and powerful story of the end of innocence - both Smoky's and America's - at a time when traditional values are in question and the air is full of possibility.