One Shining Moment (Originally A Time to Laugh) (American Century Series #3)
Can the Stuart family survive in this country turned upside down? The war in Europe is over, and a new feeling of freedom is sweeping across America. The skirts are getting shorter, the women are getting faster, and the Stuart family is caught up in a sea of changes. Lylah makes her move from stage to silver screen, Amos's son Jerry takes up with a dangerous air show--and an even more dangerous woman--and the youngest Stuart girls, Lenora and Christie, try to find their way as tragedy and scandal destroy their best-laid plans for their futures. From the Arkansas hills to the streets of Chicago, with a stop off in Hollywood on the way, One Shining Moment will hold you in its exciting grip. From daring cross-country flights to seedy speakeasies to the Salvation Army headquarters, the Stuarts cross paths with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Rudolph Valentino, and Al Capone himself while they chase their dreams--and try to stay alive! Formerly a college English professor, Gilbert Morris spends all his waking hours writing fiction. The best-selling author of the House of Winslow series, he lives with his wife in Orange Beach, Alabama.