Discovering a terrific novel before it becomes a bestseller is like striking gold. It's what keeps me going. I'm always thrilled to recommend a good book. By now, I'm sure you know I'm rather particular about what I read and even more particular about the books I recommend.
Some Glad Morning, by Gary C. Horton, is, quite frankly, a marvelous story. It's a novel with legs, as they used to say in publishing. At first glance, Some Glad Morning might appear to be simply a remarkable love story. It is a remarkable love story and I promise it will melt your heart, but it's also the story of a young man making his way against horrific odds.
Some Glad Morning is rich with wonderful and sometimes quirky characters. It's like stepping into another world that is both magical and familiar too. This is a story well told that you will want to tell others about. This is one novel you can brag about reading before the world discovered it.
The protagonist, Ransom, is the son of a dirt poor farmer who has been cheated out of everything when the story opens. Ransom volunteers for the Army in order to bring in badly needed money. However, it is 1918 and he is soon sent to fight in France. When an assault across no man's land goes badly, he is wounded and trapped in a shell hole with a dying officer.
The young lieutenant has carried into combat the love letters from his fiancee, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the daughter of a wealthy Charleston planter. The young officer's last request is to hear the letters from Elizabeth read to him. In what can only be described as a most heartbreaking scene, Ransom reads to the young man as he dies. Afterward, Ransom finds comfort in the letters too and believes he has fallen in love with Elizabeth.
Although they are socially worlds apart, Ransom comes home to pursue Elizabeth. He has nothing and she is a Charleston aristocrat. Soon he must contend with a wealthy competing suitor, racism, soul crushing poverty and relentless stupidity.
But, through the delightfully quirky wisdom of an eccentric Civil War veteran and the endearing courage of a pregnant runaway, Ransom finds his way through the fickle turns of love. Not only does Ransom find his way, but his trials forge in him courage to bet everything on his heart.
Some Glad Morning has one of the most uplifting endings I have ever experienced in a book or a film. In fact, this is one novel I would dearly love to see made into a movie. That hasn't happened yet, but fortunately, it has been made into an audio book flawlessly narrated by voice actress Janet Metzer. I highly recommend Some Glad Morning.
Some Glad Morning, by Gary C. Horton, is, quite frankly, a marvelous story. It's a novel with legs, as they used to say in publishing. At first glance, Some Glad Morning might appear to be simply a remarkable love story. It is a remarkable love story and I promise it will melt your heart, but it's also the story of a young man making his way against horrific odds.
Some Glad Morning is rich with wonderful and sometimes quirky characters. It's like stepping into another world that is both magical and familiar too. This is a story well told that you will want to tell others about. This is one novel you can brag about reading before the world discovered it.
The protagonist, Ransom, is the son of a dirt poor farmer who has been cheated out of everything when the story opens. Ransom volunteers for the Army in order to bring in badly needed money. However, it is 1918 and he is soon sent to fight in France. When an assault across no man's land goes badly, he is wounded and trapped in a shell hole with a dying officer.
The young lieutenant has carried into combat the love letters from his fiancee, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the daughter of a wealthy Charleston planter. The young officer's last request is to hear the letters from Elizabeth read to him. In what can only be described as a most heartbreaking scene, Ransom reads to the young man as he dies. Afterward, Ransom finds comfort in the letters too and believes he has fallen in love with Elizabeth.
Although they are socially worlds apart, Ransom comes home to pursue Elizabeth. He has nothing and she is a Charleston aristocrat. Soon he must contend with a wealthy competing suitor, racism, soul crushing poverty and relentless stupidity.
But, through the delightfully quirky wisdom of an eccentric Civil War veteran and the endearing courage of a pregnant runaway, Ransom finds his way through the fickle turns of love. Not only does Ransom find his way, but his trials forge in him courage to bet everything on his heart.
Some Glad Morning has one of the most uplifting endings I have ever experienced in a book or a film. In fact, this is one novel I would dearly love to see made into a movie. That hasn't happened yet, but fortunately, it has been made into an audio book flawlessly narrated by voice actress Janet Metzer. I highly recommend Some Glad Morning.
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I liked reading Some Glad Morning so much, I later listened to the audio book while flying from Miami to San Diego. Some Glad Morning is available through Amazon in both paperback and Kindle edition. If you would prefer to listen to the audio book, you can get heret: Some Glad Morning Audio Book.. This article, Some Glad Morning: Novel Worth Your Heart. is released under a creative commons attribution license.
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