The Perennial Bachelor Author:Anne Perrish Won the Harper Prize Novel Contest. The book is laid in Delaware, and to a large extent in my old home (in Claymont), where my mother still lives, and which has been in the family for many years. Of course, some of the scene is imaginary, as all of the people are, but a good deal of it is real. The story traces American family life from 1850 to ... more »1925, telling of people who often sacrificed happiness for the appearance of good breeding and family pride.« less