Six O'Clock Casual

346 pp. Memory dies hard in a small town , and when Ellen Rood's reckless young husband was killed in a stunt car accident she left her home town of Blainesville and found a larger stage for her beauty in New York. There ensconced in a small apartment, a procession of men of all ages enlivened her cocktail hour and dulled the remembrance of things past. But when she became too involved with one of her rich admirers, whose intentions did not include marriage, Ellen went back to the home of her poor, but fiercely self-respecting parents in Blainesville.