![]() ![]() This was my first introduction to Tacy, already married and, before the book is over, a mother of two, and to their other great friend, Tib, an outgoing German-American blonde whose speech is unnaturally peppered with German exclamations. They have their family nearby and almost all of their friends have stayed in the area (Betsy has been reunited with her beloved “Crowd”, who she missed so much while in Europe) so most of the book is devoted to Joe and Betsy’s interactions with others. The book covers the first few years of Betsy and Joe’s marriage, as Joe works and Betsy struggles to cook and keep house. Less than a week later they are married and setting up house near Betsy’s family in Minneapolis. Their past quarrels are forgotten and, now assured on one another’s love, the two young people are only too eager to start their life together. Waiting for her when she docks is Joe Willard, the boy she has loved since high school. Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace begins where Betsy and the Great World ended: it is September 1914 and Betsy is on a ship, coming back to America after having spent the last nine months touring Europe. ![]()
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