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The Story of a Whim

Grace Livingston Hill

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The Story of a Whim | Grace Livingston Hill

The Story of a Whim

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A group of girls send gifts and letters to one whom they think to be a young woman like them. "Christie" is really a poor young bachelor tending his orange grove in sunny Florida. Through his correspondence with Hazel (who still thinks he's a girl) he becomes a Christian, and falls in love with her. What will happen when she takes a trip south to meet her dear pen-pal?
Sarah 02/12/2023
Some parts of this were funny, some parts were outright dumb, and a few parts were sweet. Not the worst GLH I've read, but not one of the books I like either.

*2015 review*
This is probably the weakest Grace Livingston Hill I have read. You can tell that it was one of her early works. Still, it was a
Laurie 12/23/2022
I listened to this with my husband - he really got into it!

It was short and sweet. And it brought to mind Ecclesiastes 7:16 ESV "Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?" We actually had several discussions about holding people to too high standard
ValeReads 11/26/2022
I know these aren't meant to be comedies, but golly the melodrama makes me laugh sometimes!
Franny 02/06/2013
Originally published in 1903, this is the best book ever, and it's out on Kindle! A tender romance, one so beautifully written that you can't help smiling throughout. The adventure begins when a bevy of college-aged beauties are waiting for another friend to join them for their Thanksgiving holiday.

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