Letters To Allie
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.19 (744 Votes) |
Asin | : | 097622240X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-05-28 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through Martin's letters to his future bride, we are transported to an era of both simplicity and strict social mores. One hundred years later, through the pen of the lovers own grandchild, their story is brought to life as a testament of the sustaining quality of love.. This is the story of those letters, written in the genteel language of the Victorian era, telling a hundred-year-old story of forbidden love. We become absorbed in the story of Allie, as she struggles to overcome the judgments of society over her controversial match. In the family archives of the Gould family lie fading letters written in a time long past
Jackie Gould grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Patricia Stevens Modeling School and taught a charm school before marrying her high school sweetheart. Together, they raised two sons and pursued several business endeavors, including a music school and store and a wholesale furnit
She and her family have live in Phoenix, Arizona since 1969. . Together, they raised two sons and pursued several business endeavors, including a music school and store and a wholesale furniture showroom. Jackie has studied art and interior design, and loves animals and, of course, writing. About the Author Jackie Gould grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Patricia Stevens Modeling School and taught a charm school before marrying her high school sweetheart. Letters to Allie is her first book to be published
"Historical Fiction from Real Life Letters!" according to AbigailLee. "Letters to Allie" by Jackie Gould tells the tale of Allie Herrington and her letters from her soon to be husband Martin Gould in 1895. While the letters are the real letters from Martin to Allie, the story woven between them is historical fiction. For her first novel, I thought Gould did a