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Joy in the Morning
Joy in the Morning
Author: Betty Smith
Meet Annie McGairy Brown, the heroine of this extraordinary novel which critics have called a literary miracle. — ~She's only 18 and very pretty. The world naturally tries its best to corrupt her, but she's not having any part of it. Annie is the possessor of a marvelous secret--the secret of meeting life with stubborn Irish courage--of refusing...  more »
ISBN: 261366
Publication Date: 8/1963
Pages: 250
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Publisher: Bantaam Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Wonderful, absolutely charming book.... This book is written by the same author as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and is just as good...
The story follows a very young couple and their first year of married life in the late 1920's.
He at university attempting to get a law degree and she as a very young wife learning the ways of the world..
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If you've read Betty Smith you know that she's one of the best female authors of her time, hands down. This book set in 1927 in Brooklyn and then the mid-west gives great insight into life at the time and the hardships of young love and little money.
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By the author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. This one takes the girl and boy out of the city and shows how determination succeeds.
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Betty Smith's works are all timeless. Although she is best known as the author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, all four of her books are delightful and well-worth reading.
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Dated, but still sweet and charming.
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This is a very sweet story to read. The story of newlyweds, Annie and Carl. Carl is going to law school while they endure poverty and Annie's pregnancy.

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