false 14889 7 <P>In Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law to marry him. Little did they know how difficult their first year of marriage would be, in a faraway place with little money and few friends. But Carl and Annie come to realize that the struggles and uncertainty of poverty and hardship can be overcome by the strength of a loving, loyal relationship. An unsentimental yet uplifting story, <I>Joy in the Morning</I> is a timeless and radiant novel of marriage and young love.</P> 3155 1963 Joy in the Morning (Perennial Classics) total:1079|5:283|4:396|3:311|2:82|1:7| 1079 4103 1454 185 4 4 false false Sun Apr 13 18:58:26 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 19:33:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Jul 21 23:19:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 23:25:47 -0700 2008
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