Greensleeves

[vr_trakowski]

I don't think this book ever even went into paperback. Greensleeves, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, and my copy is older than I am. It's a strange book to me; parts of it are very much of the time, and parts are not, and from what little I've seen the author's other books aren't very similar.

A young woman who's grown up all around the world tries to find her center and figure out her future, amidst self-doubt, two-ish suitors, and a minor mystery concerning a will. It's a fun story, rich, with vivid characters. And it's strange to my eyes, despite the fact that its attitude and era are not unknown to me. Shannon Lightley, red-headed and European in flavor, turns herself into a beehived, laconic waitress named Georgetta to figure out why an old woman left people strange bequests. Her self-doubt irritates me a little after a while...but I keep the book.

I'd recommend it, but I don't know where an interested party might get a copy. They all seem to start at just under $50. Huh.

Comments

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

If it would bring $50 and you're still keeping it, you must really like it. ;-)

[snowydragon1776.livejournal.com]

That does sound like an interesting read.

It's amazing how many books are starting to cost so much money.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Heh, more like it'd be too much trouble to sell and it's not in the best shape anyway...but I DO like it, and re-read it every handful of years or so.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Starting to? ;P I like to look at my collection of Grace Livingston Hill novels and see how the price has gone from 35 cents to more than three dollars over time.