| Author: | LaVyrle Spencer | ISBN: | 9780983545835 |
| Publisher: | The Axelrod Agency | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Axelrod Agency | Language: | English |
| Author: | LaVyrle Spencer |
| ISBN: | 9780983545835 |
| Publisher: | The Axelrod Agency |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Axelrod Agency |
| Language: | English |
On the eve of World War II two people are brought together by fate and discover an unexpected passion Tall dark and handsome Will Parker has served time for the killing of a Texas prostitute but keeps losing jobs as his reputation becomes known. In the small town of Whitney Ga. at the beginning of WW II he answers the advertisement of a pregnant widow and mother of two the abused and reclusive Eleanor Dinsmore who is looking for a husband. Soon in love with ostensibly plain bedraggled Ellie Parker dotes on her two boys and works to support the family. Fittingly for this sort of bucolic idyll Will and Ellie despite their rudimentary educations love books and develop a special friendship with wise old Miss Beasley the local librarian. Alas brazen and rapacious Lula Peak the town floozie sets her sights on Will waylaying him in the library; meantimes Lula is blackmailing her lover the cowardly Harley Overmire who is no friend of Will. The clearly drawn characters fulfill their imperativesincluding Will who becomes a war heroand all is neatly and pleasingly resolved. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
On the eve of World War II two people are brought together by fate and discover an unexpected passion Tall dark and handsome Will Parker has served time for the killing of a Texas prostitute but keeps losing jobs as his reputation becomes known. In the small town of Whitney Ga. at the beginning of WW II he answers the advertisement of a pregnant widow and mother of two the abused and reclusive Eleanor Dinsmore who is looking for a husband. Soon in love with ostensibly plain bedraggled Ellie Parker dotes on her two boys and works to support the family. Fittingly for this sort of bucolic idyll Will and Ellie despite their rudimentary educations love books and develop a special friendship with wise old Miss Beasley the local librarian. Alas brazen and rapacious Lula Peak the town floozie sets her sights on Will waylaying him in the library; meantimes Lula is blackmailing her lover the cowardly Harley Overmire who is no friend of Will. The clearly drawn characters fulfill their imperativesincluding Will who becomes a war heroand all is neatly and pleasingly resolved. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
