Grace Livingston Hill

Before we get truly started here, I'd like to explain that I am not spending John's hard earned cash on apps for iPhones or iPads. Ha! My kids keep gifting me with gift certificates to iTunes. Thus far, they've been burning a hole in my pocket. I have not purchased music; I have purchased one book and the gizmo mentioned yesterday. That leaves me with more than $20 to spend from Christmas 2012 and an equal amount from Christmas 2013. I think that I have some research to do. Anyone know any great apps for a gal like me or for grandchildren? Oh, and I had thought that if one purchased something that there would be no advertising popping its ugly head into the middle of things—wrong.
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Sometimes, just before I roll out of bed in the morning, I am thinking what I'll slap on the blog for the day. Good thing that I got up on the wrong side of the bed because I had this view of my inveterate skier who  has been coasting this hill for at least three days. I dare not say, but he's nearly the last of the Christmas decorations. I hope.

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It is because people live in the things they possess instead of in their relationship to God that God seems at times to be cruel.

~Grace Livingston Hill 

And here's the glimpse of the other side of the bed. I had pulled three Grace Livingston Hill books from the shelves the other day. My habit is to remove book jackets, though in this case they are so charming. My grandmother gave my daughter a 1920s dress just that color. Nan had worn it to "the office."
Grace Livingston Hill was an inveterate writer...prolific. Women of a certain age have often read her books. They are usually Horatio Alger style stories where the heroine is in deep, dark distress until a rescuer arrives in the form of a tall, dark stranger. They are sweet love stories where the faith of the writer is shared. The heroine may have to lead her rescuer to faith in God or, more rarely, it is the other way around.
Grace's personal experience was perhaps the most fascinating story of all. Oh, yes! I think it would make an incredible book of its own. You don't need me to tell that story. I'll just send you off to read more if your interest has been piqued. 
Grace Livingston Hill dot com Grace Livingston Hill see "Writing Career" Now there's a story in a nutshell!
My great-grandmother read these stories; my grandmother and mother, too. I couldn't get enough of them from about ages 12 to 14. My daughter has zero interest. What about you? Have you ever read any Grace Livingston Hill?