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Morning Glory

Morning Glory

World War IIHistorical Romance
Pages
384
Published
1989
Language
English

Synopsis

In rural Georgia on the eve of the Second World War, Elly Dinsmore is the town outcast, raised in isolation by eccentric grandparents and now a pregnant widow with two small sons, whispered about as the "Crazy Widow." Practical and desperate, she does the unthinkable in a place that already scorns her: she places a newspaper advertisement for a husband.

Will Parker is a soft-spoken drifter with an ex-convict's past and nothing to his name but a longing for a place to belong. When he answers Elly's ad and steps onto her ramshackle farm, two people the world has written off begin, warily, to build something together, tenderness, trust, and a home, against the suspicion of the town and the shadow of Will's history.

LaVyrle Spencer's beloved historical romance is a warm, emotional story about outcasts, second chances, and the quiet courage of choosing each other.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

EmotionalHeartwarmingRomanticHopeful
Marriage of Convenience

Genres

World War II Historical Romance Romance Historical Fiction Contemporary Literature

About the author

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LaVyrle Spencer

LaVyrle was born on July 17, 1943 in Browerville, Minnesota, USA, where she grew up. Married her high school sweetheart Dan Spencer, shortly after her graduation, a decision she calls the wisest choice of her life. They had two daughters, Amy and Beth (d. 1990). LaVyrle worked as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, when in her thirties, she read Kathleen Woodiwiss's novel "The Flame and Flower", which gave her the idea to become a novelist. She decided to try transferring to paper a...

Characters

Elly DinsmoreProtagonist

Ostracized widow who advertises for a husband to save her farm and family.

Will ParkerProtagonist

Gentle drifter with a criminal past seeking a home.

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