Betsy's Wedding (Betsy-Tacy Books)

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Summary: Glorious fluff!
Review: Betsy is back in the USA after a long time in Europe-and Joe is there to greet her. After being in love for years, the couple agree to get married, within the week no less! After Betsy convinces her family to agree to this, we watch as Betsy and Joe are married, and embark on a new life together.

Set near the turn of the century, around WW1, this is a view of every young woman's dream of marriage-a fun, intelligent, strong husband who adores you. Betsy and Joe are friends first, lovers second, something which is always important. At one point, Joe states that he can talk to Betsy, and that he fantasizes about their home life. A lot of guys could take a page from Joe's book!

This book is in no way dated, bringing Betsy to the close of her girlhood and teenage years. If you liked "Anne of Green Gables" or other books by Montgomery, check out Lovelace, for both your little girls and not-so-little girls.

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Summary: A wonderful book for children and adults.
Review: Betsy's Wedding is a timeless story. Betsy and Joe are married at last, and begin a wonderful life together. They grow as people and they grow together. World War One is part of the story--but the focus is on family life and loving and respecting each other. I re-read it from time to time--and I've been reading it since 1956 or so!

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Summary: The Perfect End to the Betsy Series
Review: I absolutely love all of the Betsy books, and this one was no exception. Betsy still speaks to me and doesn't seem as dated as I would have imagined. Growing up I read all of the Betsy books that I could get my hands on. Three months before my own wedding I found that Betsy's Wedding had been reprinted and ordered it immediately. I saved it and read it on my honeymoon. Betsy's married life is as true as the others in the series, full of vivid details, introspective thought from Betsy, and perfection with some reality thrown in. I loved it as a new bride and strongly suggest it both for young readers reading the series for the first time as well as for adults who remember the series warmly.

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Summary: Cute
Review: I love these stories. They are like escapes into the past. Very cute.

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Summary: Betsy's Wedding!
Review: What a great story! I keep it on my window seat to flip through often--it's one of my very favorite stories!Betsy and Joe finally meet in New York after Betsy's year-long trip to Europe! They are finally together and determined never to be seperated again. Afetr many years of loving each other, they will be married. Joe convinces Betsy to marry him in a week. The scene in the restaurant in New York where Joe tells Betsy how much he loves her, how they belong together, and how she must always love him is so touching! Through this part(and the moment when they saw each other when Betsy came off the ship) I was oblivious to everything as I read. Of course, that was the case through the rest of the book as well. Joe's job hunt is hilarious. The day before they are married, he and Betsy go from one newspaper place to the other, Joe determined to find a job so Betsy's father will consent to the match. Well, of course, he succeeds. They are married. Joe and Betsy have a wonderful relationship. It is truly the best I ever read about. They both treat each other with such consideration. Joe is so gracious as Betsy learns to cook(which is a big undertaking for her.) He is so considerate of Betsy, reading to her at night, helping her with the dishes when her cooking endeavors fail, and many other things. Betsy tries so hard to be a good wife to Joe, considering that the most important thing in her life. She even refuses a job in newspaper writing, feeling that she has another job already as keeper of the house and companion to Joe. I liked the way that Betsy handled Aunt Ruth's coming. She did not mask her feelings and was honest, but still,unselfishly, let her come. It ended up working out too! Well, I just loved the story. Their relationship taught me a lot about marriage. I loved the way they treated each other. I don't see the like much these days. It was great! I cried and cried when Joe left for war. But, my fellow readers, I have learned that the books about Betsy were largely based on the author's life. In a biography about her I learned that her husband (who was much like Joe) returned from war--so take heart--Joe returned too and he and Betsy, no doubt, continued their "golden world."