All the Right Circles

1. The author's previous book *Favorite Sons* (Algonquin, 1992) was released to large acclaim 2. John Russell is a lifelong Southerner, and his book picks apart Southern culture and society in interesting ways 3. Our main focus will be on North Carolina and the South, as the author has a huge reach there, but the book should appeal to readers interested in the beginnings of how our society came to be what it is today 4. *All The Right Circles* looks at banking in the 80s, and the rise of big banks, as well as the influx of women in the workforce 5. The main crux of the narrative asks about and explores the choices Baby Boomers made, to follow in their parents footsteps and acclimate into society after the protests and idealism of the 60s and 70s, or to forge a new path 6. The author did historical research on attitudes toward race and gender in the 1980s and how that shaped society then