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Summary: Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
Review: MORNING GLORY is set in the 1940s and is the story of "Crazy" Elly Dinsmore, raised by religious fanatics and teased and tormented by everyone in town; and Will Parker, an ex-con trying to put his life back together. Elly is a young, pregnant widow who, when she finds she can't make ends meet, puts an ad for a husband in the local paper. Will sees the ad and applies for the job. As Will begins making repairs and improvements to Elly's property, their attraction to each other grows. World War Two intervenes, and Will is called up for service, but he and Elly write to each other frequently, and manage a visit when Will has leave.Shortly after Will comes home from the war, he is accused of murdering the local floozy, and Elly must overcome her personal demons in order to help with Will's trial. How the two misfits find each other and their place in their community is a deeply engrossing story. Spencer excels at emotional writing, and in this book, she outdoes herself with her secondary characters, especially Gladys Beasley, the town librarian, who strikes up an incongruous friendship with Will. This book has everything: romance, humor, pathos, mystery, and history. This is my personal favorite of LaVyrle's books, and it has held up to several repeat readings.
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Summary: Heartwarming!
Review: This audio book recording of Lavyrle Spencer's Morning Glory read by actress Deborah Raffin is fantastic, she did a wonderful job reading it. Morning Glory is a wonderful, sweet and inspirational story about a woman named Elly who because of her crazy grandparents and their bad treatment of her when she was a child the towns people think she's crazy too. She is a widow with two sons and one baby on the way, she needs help on her farm and she places a classified ad for a husband, a drifter named Will who has also been treated very badly throughout his life arrives in her small Georgia town and sees her ad and decides to answer it and so begins a truly heartwarming story that will have you smiling, laughing and crying. You might want to have a box of Kleenex handy! This audio recording of Morning Glory is read by Deborah Raffin who played Elly in the movie that also stars Christopher Reeve as Will. I highly recommend this audio book I enjoyed it so much that I went out and bought the book and hope to read it soon.
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Summary: Heartwarming!
Review: This audio book recording of Lavyrle Spencer's Morning Glory read by actress Deborah Raffin is fantastic, she did a wonderful job reading it. Morning Glory is a wonderful, sweet and inspirational story about a woman named Elly who because of her crazy grandparents and their bad treatment of her when she was a child the towns people think she's crazy too. She is a widow with two sons and one baby on the way, she needs help on her farm and she places a classified ad for a husband, a drifter named Will who has also been treated very badly throughout his life arrives in her small Georgia town and sees her ad and decides to answer it and so begins a truly heartwarming story that will have you smiling, laughing and crying. You might want to have a box of Kleenex handy! This audio recording of Morning Glory is read by Deborah Raffin who played Elly in the movie that also stars Christopher Reeve as Will. I highly recommend this audio book I enjoyed it so much that I went out and bought the book and hope to read it soon.
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