Joy in the Morning by Betty SmithMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published by Buccaneer Books
Borrowed @ Central State Library, Chandigarh.
The book is set in the early 1900s. The heroine, Annie has just turned 18. She has packed her bag and left home to travel to where her boyfriend, Carl lives. Carl is a law student in the university town of --. They go straight to get married. They have barely any money. All they have is love for each other and a hankering to be together for ever.
Times are hard. Carl works part time and studies. Annie also finds work and they manage to scrape by, counting pennies and living cheap.
It is a heartwarming tale of young love. Not the starry eyed kinds you find in romance books, but the kind that gives you the reality behind love stories. Annie and Carl fight, and kiss and make up.
This is a story of their early life together. The story is based on the author's own experience.
I read an excerpt of this book in an old issue of Reader's Digest. I loved it instantly. Almost by serendipity, I found the book in my local Central State Library. The book was every bit as good as the excerpt. This happened nearly fifteen years ago.
On a recent trip to the same library, I chanced upon the same book once more. I just had to pick it up again to read it once more. I was charmed anew by this lovely story. But this time, I managed to write about it.
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