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Summary: Ms. Loring's sweet but sappy books are always fun!
Review: If you know Emilie Loring's work, you'll know that there will be no kissing, no sex and no innuendo. There WILL be some sappy dialogue, conversation that seems amusingly contrived in this day and age and a lot of misunderstandings that could easily have been avoided or corrected. BUT....there will also be an entertaining bunch of characters, some mystery and a sweet, sweet romance. In this book, set in New England, wealthy young Judith Halliday comes to visit a small town and runs into Dr. Neil Payton whom she rejected in the big city because he wanted to help his uncle, a kindly country doctor. They both run into a spy ring, operating out of the area. (The book was published in 1925)And both have "certain crossroads" to deal with. I've read Ms. Loring since I was 10 years old and now my daughter enjoys them too. We know they're a little silly, but doggone it, that's not such a bad thing. Go ahead and add this one to your collection. I hope the edition you buy has the dedication that Ms. Loring placed in the original. It's a portion from a Tennyson novel I believe. But, absolutely, divinely romantic. There's no space left here. So, I'll put in a subsequent review, just for your sighing enjoyment.
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Summary: An addendum to the other review
Review: In my other review I promised to provide the dedication included in the original edition. It is a portion of another book, by Tennyson I think. I don't regret my life or my lifestyle...though I was far from being an Emilie Loring heroine. But, I wish I had known THIS kind of man! A Certain Crossroad was dedicated to V.J.L, who I believe was her son. If so, what a wonderful paragraph to express your hope for your son's future character. "And sometimes the sky was like unto a great turquoise for blueness, and sometimes it was like a gray pall, and sometimes the highway wound through level radiant fields, and sometimes the rough road plunged down a steep declivity of rocks to grope blindly through dark and evil forests, and sometimes the yellow moon made mysterious twilight in the shadows. But always the Knight kept the Lady's hand close in his and always he stepped forward firmly, shining eyes straight ahead, for even in the gloom all was sharp-cut and clear to his vision." Beautiful!
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