Joy in the Morning
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law to marry him. Little did they know how difficult their first year of marriage would be, in a faraway place with...
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In Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law to marry him. Little did they know how difficult their first year of marriage would be, in a faraway place with little money and few friends. But Carl and Annie come to realize that the struggles and uncertainty of poverty and hardship can be overcome by the strength of a loving, loyal relationship. An unsentimental yet uplifting story, Joy in the Morning is a timeless and radiant novel of marriage and young love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060956868 (0060956860)
Publish date: July 1st 2000
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
I think this is one of those weirdly conditional books. When I read this book I was in high school and liked it just fine. I could see reading it when I was in my early 20's and really liking it. Now I'm not sure if I would like it more or less than I did when I actually read it. I am pretty sure I ...
I read this several times over the space of a couple of summers. I remember liking it a lot, but not enough to dig out and re-read.
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