This book is the first in a four book series entitled Gentle Hills. All four of these books are set in the time of World War II. Far From the Dream is about the call to war and the struggle between love and duty. Will he stay and help his father run the farm or will he join the Navy to seek retribution and justice for the injury of a close friend? These are just some of the problems that face Jerry Macmillin in this book.
Jerry has to choose between his sense of duty and the love of his life, Marjie. He chooses to marry Marjie and just two days after the wedding he boards a bus to Norfolk, Virginia to begin his stint in the Navy. Meanwhile things at home are hard for the newly married Marjie. She has to find a place to live and look in on her father in law who is not in good health since Jerry’s departure, meanwhile finding out that she is pregnant with no idea when or if her husband will return.
This book goes back and forth chapter-by-chapter from Jerry’s perspective to Marjie’s perspective. This book shows both sides of war, the ones who leave and the ones that stay behind and try to continue on with their lives. It left me wanting to read the next in the series. Check back to hear about book 2!
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