Wow - If you read a Tree Grows in Brooklyn, then you will enjoy Joy in the Morning.
Betty Smith wrote this timeless classic and it's an "unsentimental yet radiant and powerfully uplifting tale of young hearts and marriage." (cover blurb)
It's 1927 Brooklyn. Carl and Annie meet and marry. They are only eighteen - so young and naive. He's going to law school, she's making a home or trying to. And they are learning about each other and life itself. Hardship and poverty can be conquered by perseverance, loyalty, and love. It would have been easy to quit. It's much harder to hang tough. This book is rather corny in style, but you have to consider the time for its creation - 1950s values.
Nonetheless, it imparts valuable lessons and solid characters who can survive no matter the time period. It's awesome to find an oldie but goody.
Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith survives the test of time.
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21 hours ago
Always good to find an oldie and enjoy it. Hanging in sure is tougher than just giving up.
ReplyDeleteyep - and no matter the time period, folks fall in love, have squabbles, and work on it (or not). Humans are humans.
DeleteI read that book many years ago, and I LOVED it. (I wonder if I'd feel the same way about it today?)
ReplyDeleteThis oldie but goodie sounds like a winner. Hope you have a happy 4th of July.
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