Similar old-fashioned classic books involving fixing up a house or barn and making a cozy home out of nothing, see my review of Re-Creations. They felt more naturally suited to the theme of despair versus hope. Heartwarming Christmas scene with the seven little street urchins.īible quotes are embedded throughout but they didn’t feel as overwhelming as in some of Hill’s books. Funny scene! Loved the imagery of April Gold (daffodils, forsythia, etc). Reed set her determined chin and showed her two grown children how to rough it in a dismal house in a squalid street - how to light a kerosene lantern, how to cook on a kerosene stove, how to coddle a rusty pump into action. O’Henessey) college friends, church friends. Secondary characters include south side neighbors (hilarious Mrs. Reed, her college-bound son Thurlow (Whirl) and her high-school graduate, Marilla. A touch of romance, but mainly it’s about the upper-class family, Mrs. A quasi-historical set in a big city (Philly?) in the 1930s when banks were failing, houses were foreclosing, etc. It includes a few action scenes, gunshots, death, but it’s not gruesome. Delightfully heartwarming classic Christian (and Christmas) involving a fallen-on-hard-times theme with a strong focus on letting go of riches, fixing up a dreary house, joining the working class, etc.
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