This collection of books is also worrisome. There probably is no point in donating them. Who would want to read them now? We are bombarded by new, exciting novels every day. Also, they are yellowed and tattered. I know my children and grandchildren would not appreciated having them moved to their homes.
So I have decided to re-read them, record and journal about them and then dispose of them. There is a season for everything. And their season is passed.
I decided to start with books by Grace Livingston Hill. I remember reading her books in my teens. And when I began to volunteer with the library at the Mennonite nursing home, these books were popular with the ladies there.Grace Livingston Hill was born in 1864. She wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories of Christian fiction. Her characters were usually young strong Christian women. Perhaps that is why they were popular gifts from Sunday School. Rereading them for the first time in many years, I can understand the appeal of a black-and-white world where faith was strong.
"Coming Through the Rye" c 1926
Romayne was one of those young, strong, Christian women. Her mother had died and she lived with her father and brother. When she arrived home one day, she found Evan Sherwood and his fellow police officers waiting to arrest her father and brother who were involved in bootlegging. She adamantly denied this and was rude to Evan. When they showed her the proof, her father arrived home, collapsed and eventually died. Evan was very protective and supportive of Romayne as she was in danger from her brother's friends.
In fact, Evan offered to marry Romayne and they lived happily ever after!
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