A Time to Gather Stones
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They could see a train moving slowly, heading for the loading docks. The open area beyond was full of people milling about, watching the approach of the tall black engine which shot out eruptions of steam as it crawled forward. Something began to simmer inside Lindy, fear or wishfulness, though she didn't know exactly what she wished -- If she could just waltz around the dance floor in his arms once more she thought they could reclaim the days when they were both so innocent. But that time was shattered forever by a ruinous war, everyone a casualty of some sort, some wounds not accessible to a headling touch. . . . He enveloped her in a hard hug and dared to plant a quck kiss on her lips. It caught Lindy by surprise. As she scrambled to grab her hat she was laughing. And then, still in his arms, she looked up and inside her everything went still. She had just been bussed by a stranger.
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A TIME TO GATHER STONES is a companion book to the author's earlier novel, ONE MAN'S WAR. The latter was the story of a young man caught up in The Great War of 1918. This is a continuation of his life, but told from the eyes of the sweetheart who wrote him so faithfully and became his wife. It is basically an account of a young woman faced with a widening world . The 1920's and 1930's change the role of women forever, and Lindy Jones moved with it. A person of inner strenghth amd a fierce determination she took up her role as a small-town wife and mother, a support to her husband and his career as a newspaper publisher and a leader among her peers. When her life reaches a time of crisis at the end, she meets the challenge head-on.
About the Author
Annabel Johnson, who also writes under the pen name A.E. Johnson, is the author of thirty published novels, some of them award-winning books. Her best-known title is THE GRIZZLY published by Harpers, which won the William Allen White Award. Her historical novel THE BURNING GLASS also by Harpers, won the Golden Spuir of the Western Writers of America. Now she has turned to her own historical beginnings. In these two companion books she has used the memoirs of her father and her own recollections of life growing up in Missouri in the 1920's followed by the Depression years. She lives at present in an adult community in Mesa, Arizona where she is anything but retired. Her next book is well under way.