Homeport Author:Olive Higgins Prouty THis is the story of a young man who becomes a fugitive from his own identity, and incidentally escapes from a deep seated inferiority complex. As a child Murry Vale, shy, sensitive, but talented in is own line, becomes the victim of a broter complex, due to the fact that from childhood he had luved in the reflected glofy of a brilliant older b... more »rother. After a tragic catastrophe occurs, he assumes another identity and name and becomes lost to his rich family.
I very much enjoyed this story. Prouty really knows how to tell a story. The Vale family also appears in White Fawn, Lisa Vale, and Now Voyager. The latter was made into a great movie with Bette Davis. I am parting with this because I have another copy.« less