A LONG TIME COMING

by Phyllis Whitney ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1954

The author of Love Me. Love Me Not, Ever After, and other young adult fiction tackling social and emotional problems with varying success, writes now about a homecoming to a small town and a young girl's need to live up to her family name. The results, if occasionally long winded and agonizing, have their rewards. Motherless 18 year old Christie Allard, estranged from her father since early childhood, comes to live with her Aunt Amelia in Leola which gets its economic being from the large Allard food packing plant. Among Aunt Amelia's boarders are Alan and Marge, a young minister and missionary. Among the townsfolk are the many Mexican factory workers they are trying to help, John, a foreman who wants to help too, Tidings, a manager who does not, and cheeky Tony Webb, a local newsman with whom Christie eventually falls in love. With good hard-won at last, Alan and Marge see a church and school established and Christie is reconciled with a father she had long thought unfaithful. But it's a ""long time coming.

Pub Date: March 1, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: McKay

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION