Many a Green Isle
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- Synopsis
- The chief claim to importance of the town of Marsden is the presence in it of Marsden College, which has been educating the sons and daughters of solid, conservative citizens for almost a hundred years. It is a small college, neither rich nor famous, but with tradition and atmosphere and the background of a large and beautiful campus. As head of Marsden's Department of English, Gavin McAllister leads a busy and constructive life. Twenty years earlier he made the choice between romance and ambition and has never regretted his decision. Better--far better--marriage to Cecily and a job in an educational backwater than the Ph.D. which would have led to scholarly advancement. For fate has been kind to Gavin--an ideally happy marriage, four charming children, good friends, a sense of accomplishment in his profession. Even the coveted Ph.D. seems to be within reach. With all well at home, he has been able to save almost enough to enable him to take a year off from teaching and work on his dissertation. Suddenly, this quiet idyll is shattered by two strokes--independent of each other, yet remotely connected. Everything that Gavin has believed in and worked for is threatened: his family, his career, his position in the community. In his response to these threats and his refusal to compromise with what he feels to be wrong, Gavin shows the stuff he is made of. With courage and wisdom he and Cecily are able at last to emerge from "the deep wide sea of misery" and regain their own "green isle" of safety and happiness. This is a warm and charming story but it is more than that; for it has in it a profound conception of life's values which, we feel, will make many readers grateful to the author for having written it.
- Copyright:
- 1968
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 262 Pages
- Publisher:
- Haughton Mifflin Company
- Date of Addition:
- 01/01/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Romance, Literature and Fiction
- Reading Age:
- 15 and up
- Submitted By:
- Melba June Thompson
- Proofread By:
- Lynn Thompson
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.