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In the Song-Filled 60’s, A Young Woman Struggles to Find Her Voice

In this long-awaited sequel to the beloved cult classic Louey Levy’s Greatest Catch, Genie Abrams captures the four-year college journey of Newburgh’s Louey Levy. Fortunately for her (and for readers), those four years come at the end of the 1960s, “the best time ever to be young.” Black Power is rising, The Pill is ubiquitous, and the women’s movement, painfully and joyfully, is being born. The music—the soundtrack of those times—is lifting Louey’s spirits, touching her soul, and piercing her heart. But in many ways, it’s a scary time, as well. American cities and campuses are roiled with protest, assassinations are eliminating students’ heroes and hopes, the Vietnam war is raging—and abortion is still illegal, in New York and nationwide. Along her surprising and obstacle-strewn path, she develops a deep love of people very different from her—some of whom even put ketchup on their eggs. In Louey Levy’s Perfect Pitch, Louey finds life-changing challenges and lifelong friends, but will she ever find herself? Her hilarious adventures and misadventures and her eccentric pals and Jewish family (which has grown since her days in the Hudson Valley) will delight all who loved Greatest Catch and earn new fans for Louey Levy.