![]() ![]() But other levels involve forgiveness, perseverance, and friendship. So on one level, the book is about the developing relationship between Mariette and Thayne. Thus begins an unlikely romance, and I love that the author did not stop at the culmination of the romance with marriage as too many novels do, but rather had the characters marry early on and then deal with genuine adjustment and communication issues and a major unforeseen change. Not only is Thayne not the right man her mother has planned for Mariette, but he has a shady past, which he says he has put behind him now. ![]() Mariette doesn’t know what she wants…until she runs into Thayne Scott, the mail clerk at her father’s factory. Her father wants her to take advantage of the new possibilities open for women and go to college. Her mother wants her to meet and marry the right man (with the right family, right job, right bank account, right connections, etc.). ![]() ![]() It’s about Mariette Putnam, who has just graduated from boarding school in 1959 and returned to her privileged home in a small Georgia town, where her parents each have different plans for her. In some ways it is hard to pin down what This Fine Life by Eva Marie Everson is about, for it had many layers, and each one is rich and deep. ![]()
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