An historical romance that's set during the tumltious backdrop of World War I.
Charlie Murphy and Lillie Whitman couldn’t be any more different. His Irish immigrant parents worked hard for the little they had, while Lillie enjoyed all the comforts of wealth as the daughter in a prominent Long Island family. Drawn together by grief, the two overcome class conflict and fall deeply in love, creating a bond that no one can break.
Or so they thought.
When the dawn of World War I comes to their hometown, and personal tragedies threaten their future, they fight to hold on to their love. From the horrors of Germany's front lines to the emotional battle fields fought at home, Charlie and Lillie must find a way to navigate a path back into each other’s arms, and to a very special garden that is their consummate symbol of hope.
Excerpt
Preface
We write this not for who we are today, but rather for who we were. We were destiny at her best. We would have united despite any adversity. On any path. Any way
they crossed.
We believed that sometime long ago, we were separated and fated to wander the earth; searching until the day we would be reunited.
We were the finest wine because of the sweetest grapes. Where there was warmth, there was safety. Where there was passion, there was comfort. And where there was fire, we were at our most intoxicating.
We were quite simply us. There wasn’t anyone who could understand or even begin to try.
This is who we were...
From your excerpt, this looks to be a romance novel. But it certainly could be also a novel showing us, today, how difficult it was for people from two economic backgrounds, even of the basic heritage, European, had it during the early part of the twentieth century and being accepted by society. Showing us that our problems today are similar and have not changed all that much. Or not. There is not enough of the book here to make any definitive conclusion about that.
But I do hope this book does have a lesson for the reader to learn about how perseverance and love overcomes even the greatest obstacles.
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