Joy in the Morning: A Novel

From

Betty Smith, author of the beloved American classic A Tree Grows in

Brooklyn, comes an unsentimental yet radiant and uplifting tale

of young love and marriage.

In 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy

meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone halfway across

the country to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law—and there

they marry. 

But Carl and Annie’s first year together is much more difficult

than they anticipated as they find themselves in a faraway place with little

money and few friends. With hardship and poverty weighing heavily upon them, they

come to realize that their greatest sources of strength, loyalty, and love,

will help them make it through. 

A moving and unforgettable story, Joy in the Morning is “a glad affirmation that love can accomplish

the impossible.” (Chicago Tribune)