Idle and Disorderly Persons Author:Mary Hazzard, Olivia Dwight A Vietnam War novel that focuses on the home front and the impact of the peace movement upon the personal lives of several American middle-class families. "Mary Hazzard ... creates a finely hewn image of the life of an earnest, ultimately triumphant middle-class New England woman during the days of our last decade's big small war." PBS, All T... more »hings Considered A book one reads in one sitting.