Review: Garrick's Landing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2011
Garrick's Landing is a beautiful novel that captures the innocence of our country and its people at the beginning of World War II.  The characters are wonderfully portrayed, rich and real.  Lainey Marston is sheltered by her banker father.  She's smart, but naive.  Brice Garrick, her high school sweetheart, is good looking and a football star--but  his upbringing has been raw and ugly.  When he drops out of high school to sign up to join the Army, he convinces Lainey to marry him to bring him a little bit of happiness before he goes overseas to surely give his life for his country.  Lainey's intentions are good when she says "yes."  Her intentions are good when Brice wrecks her car and ends up in the hospital, unable to serve his term of duty.  Then she meets Brice's family and realizes that Brice isn't the man she thought he was.  But both Lainey and Brice are young.  They're both decent people with a lot to learn and even more to overcome.  I enjoyed every page of this novel, sharing each step of Lainey and Brice's journey!