Kerry (Grace Livingston Hill Series #5)

I love Grace Livingstone Hill's stories. This one is no exception. And if one reviewer found the 'stepfather's language' laughable, I found it rather insightful into the slang of the early 30's (the original copyright of the book). A lot more colorful than the 4-letter words flung about today. What I found most moving in the book, however, is the salvation message that is woven through it. Not once, but twice, does she give it to two different characters, and both times it is highly effective, touching and really powerful.

If you aren't well read this may appeal to you, but it is very typical Grace Hill, not one of her better books. Kerry is a lonely young girl, sheltered, educated and beautiful but poor. Her father has been writing a scientific masterpiece his entire marriage. His wife is spoiled,beautiful but useless in being a helpmate and a mother. The Father dies entrusting his almost complete work to his daughter. The Mother remarries immediately for money rather than love this time as she is very shallow. Kerry is appalled and sees through the new husband and his lecherous glances. (The stepfathers dialogue is laughable, it is awful, Ms Hill obviously didn't know to many "bad" men) She flees of course, so typically Grace Hill. She meets two new men, one handsome, rich and definitely a gentleman and the other a Professor a very annoying, stalking scroundrel. She takes a cruise to America to publish her Father's work and to escape her new step father. The rest is totally predictalble.