I love my job. Reviewing books is like hunting for treasure. Every once in a great while I find a real gem, something I know will become a bestseller and will probably be made into a movie. That's how I feel about Some Glad Morning, a novel by Gary C. Horton. Read it and you'll see what I mean.
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.
The characters are so richly drawn they will linger in your memory for a long time. They feel real. You'll care for them like friends and family. This is a tribute to the amazing skill of Mr. Horton. Read Some Glad Morning and I promise you'll want to tell others about 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.
The course of love never did run smooth and Ransom stumbles through his trials. With the help of a crusty Civil War veteran who talks to himself and a pet raccoon, and the unflinching integrity of a pregnant runaway, Ransom is made stronger by his trials. He learns to love and to love deeply.
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.
The characters are so richly drawn they will linger in your memory for a long time. They feel real. You'll care for them like friends and family. This is a tribute to the amazing skill of Mr. Horton. Read Some Glad Morning and I promise you'll want to tell others about 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.
The course of love never did run smooth and Ransom stumbles through his trials. With the help of a crusty Civil War veteran who talks to himself and a pet raccoon, and the unflinching integrity of a pregnant runaway, Ransom is made stronger by his trials. He learns to love and to love deeply.
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 Atlanta 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.
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