Straight Down a Crooked Lane Author:Francena H. Arnold Teenage marriage, the theme of Straight Down a Crooked Lane, is a growing problem in this modern era. Pretty Mary Ho Hallett, seventeen, with brown eyes and fiery red hair, and Jack Freeman, on military leave, meet at the wedding rehearsal of mutual friends. Stunning in wedding attire, Mary Jo finds favor in the eyes of her tall, handsome, unifo... more »rmed escort--and she finds him equally attractive. Love at first sight leads to a hasty proposal and a multitude of complications.
Mary Jo's father vehemently opposes the wild idea--until Mary Jo threatens to elope. A modest wedding is topped with a delightful honeymoon as the newlyweds journey through picturesque mountains to the air force base where Jack is stationed. All is joy and sunshine until they suddenly step down to reality and a curtain of despair and despondency draws about the bewildered couple.
Far from home with a comparative stranger, Mary Jo becomes lonely and unhappy. Jack reacts with moods of black depression. Sound advice from the base chaplain helps to quell some of the doubts that arise. Bright and dark days, battles and truce, follow each other and resolve into experience, wisdom, and understanding. Then God is taken into account--and His paths are never crooked.
Fiction with the stamp of truth, Straight Down a Crooked Lane offers excitement, entertainment and a dynamic challenge to young people, parents, and pastors.« less