Morning Glory
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4.6 • 159 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Speechless
Don’t normally write any reviews except to click on the number of stars. This book is phenomenal! It’s the first book I’ve read from this author and she doesn’t disappoint. From the beginning to the end, she keeps the reader glued to each page, the description of settings, the characters, the build up, the middle and the end of story transported the reader to the 1940’s. A must-read!!
What a great book!!!!
I was searching for a romance book that would take my mind off of my worries. What I found in this book not only did that but seemed to take me back in time and made me fall in love with them. It's the kind of book that you fall asleep think of what will happen next, then wake up and have it be my first thought of the day. I honestly loved it.
Hard working and self sufficient collide
This book is absolutely wonderful. I've read it over twenty times the past 15 years or so and it just keeps getting
better. This is definitely one for the hall of fame.