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Acceptable Substitutes
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In 1920, the three Crenshaw children are orphaned.
Brenda despairs over her separation from her brothers. Eventually, she finds solace with her neighbor, Nicholas.
Reginald quickly accepts his new life on a farm. After a failed marriage, during World War II, he finds the woman who fills his life with meaning.
Mathew grieves most severely. He settles into the life of a poet in France. He finds the love he longed for. Her demise sinks him into deep despair. When he returns to America, he is rescued by a new love.
The trials of separation, war, and lost loved ones trigger the human instinct to recover in the Crenshaws. They find acceptable substitutes.
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In 1920, the three Crenshaw children are orphaned.
Brenda despairs over her separation from her brothers. Eventually, she finds solace with her neighbor, Nicholas.
Reginald quickly accepts his new life on a farm. After a failed marriage, during World War II, he finds the woman who fills his life with meaning.
Mathew grieves most severely. He settles into the life of a poet in France. He finds the love he longed for. Her demise sinks him into deep despair. When he returns to America, he is rescued by a new love.
The trials of separation, war, and lost loved ones trigger the human instinct to recover in the Crenshaws. They find acceptable substitutes.
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463 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 14, 2005
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August 15, 2014
Author Bobbie Barton was born in Westbury, Long Island, New York, and was raised in Brooklyn. After marriage, her husband was drafted into the army and sent to Germany where she followed. When they returned home, they came back along with their first daughter. She gave birth to two more children. Her separation from her first husband and remarriage brought two more teenagers to the family. Sadly, her second husband died. She then started writing as a way to enjoy retirement.
Acceptable Substitutes by Bobbie Barton was first published by AuthorHouse in 2005. With the story starting in the 1920s and covering the Second World War, Bobbie paints a tragic story involving the Crenshaw family comprising of father, mother and three children – Brenda, Reginald and Matthew. After the death of their mother, their father sunk himself into a pit of depress and later committed suicide. It was their grandmother who decided to send them off to different relatives. It is this arrangement which prompted author Bobbie Barton to name the book Acceptable Substitutes.
Acceptable Substitutes by Bobbie Barton is a tragic and poignant tale that follows the three Crenshaw children as they go their separate ways and are raised under different conditions. The book traces the story of each Crenshaw children as they journey on in life through their heartbreaks and happiness. It is a passionate story of loneliness, loss, longing and love – a story that will not leave you unmoved.
Acceptable Substitutes by Bobbie Barton was first published by AuthorHouse in 2005. With the story starting in the 1920s and covering the Second World War, Bobbie paints a tragic story involving the Crenshaw family comprising of father, mother and three children – Brenda, Reginald and Matthew. After the death of their mother, their father sunk himself into a pit of depress and later committed suicide. It was their grandmother who decided to send them off to different relatives. It is this arrangement which prompted author Bobbie Barton to name the book Acceptable Substitutes.
Acceptable Substitutes by Bobbie Barton is a tragic and poignant tale that follows the three Crenshaw children as they go their separate ways and are raised under different conditions. The book traces the story of each Crenshaw children as they journey on in life through their heartbreaks and happiness. It is a passionate story of loneliness, loss, longing and love – a story that will not leave you unmoved.
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