The One True Love of Alice-Ann by Eva Marie Everson

Now that she is older, she wants to let him know how she feels about him. Sixteen-year-old Alice-Ann Branch has been carrying a torch for her older brother's best friend Mack for years. However, the ending ultimately redeems the book and will bring tears of joy to the readers’ eyes. Alice-Ann is slightly annoying with her obsession over Mack, and after years go by and she is still hung up on him, it almost gets to the point of being grating. The romance is quite poignant and touching it truly makes the reading of this novel worthwhile. Or will a sudden call from overseas change everything?Įverson's book is slightly slow to start, but it does pick up once America enters World War II and it begins to affect people in the small town of Bynum, Ga. As time passes and their friendship develops into something more, Alice-Ann wonders if she'll ever be prepared to say good-bye to her one true love and embrace the future God has in store with a newfound love.

Dreading the war will leave her with a beautiful dress and no happily ever after, Alice-Ann fills her days with work and caring for her best friend's war-torn brother, Carlton. But then Mack's letters cease altogether, leaving Alice-Ann to fear history repeating itself. As their correspondence continues over the next three years, Mack and Alice-Ann are drawn closer together. But Alice-Ann is determined to wear the wedding dress her maiden aunt never had a chance to wear-having lost her fiance in the Great War. Though promising to write, Mack leaves without confirmation that her love is returned. But when they receive news of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Mack decides to enlist, Alice-Ann realizes she must declare her love before he leaves. Living in rural Georgia in 1941, sixteen-year-old Alice-Ann has her heart set on her brother's friend Mack despite their five-year age gap, Alice-Ann knows she can make Mack see her for the woman she'll become.

The One True Love of Alice-Ann by Eva Marie Everson