Meggie
was a dreamer who'd spent her entire life in the tiny town of
Marrying Stone. But though her life was simple, she was
always sure that someday her prince would come...J. Monroe Farley
arrived with his Edison listening box to record the traditional
music of the Ozarks, determined to focus all his attention on
his studies.
But
here, in this remote mountain hamlet, he found something he
never expected--the princess of his dreams.
"It
doesn't matter where you come from...
because love is a world of its own."
MARRYING STONE
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, July 11,
1994
When Harvard-educated
J. Monroe "Roe" Farley ventures into the darkest
depths of the Ozark Mountains with his ediphone (a 1902 voice
recording machine) to search for long-forgotten folk songs,
he inadvertently finds himself becoming part of the Best household.
They're an odd bunch; Jesse Best is a simpleminded, amiable
giant who rescues Roe when he becomes lost and wants to know,
"Can we keep him?" Jesse's sister Meggie
immediately throws herself into Roe's arms, claiming he's
her long-awaited prince, and their lame father Ornery puts
more value in Roe's strong back then in his wallet.
After nearly dying from Meggie's disastrous cooking, Roe settle
into the slow-paced Ozark life with its patchwork quilt of
lovable characters. His plans to leave the town of Marrying
Stone Mountain at the end of summer are altered drastically
when he accidentally ends up wedded to Meggie. But Meggie
refuses to settle for anything less than true love from her
dream prince. The Garrison Keillor of romance, Morsi's
(RUNABOUT) stories are always filled with lively
narration and generous doses of humor. This latest offering
is no disappointment; it's as rich and heady as a jug of mountain
"donk"--and just as hard to put down.
From AFFAIRE
DE COEUR, August 1994: "MARRYING
STONE is a humorous novel that treats the Ozark civilization
with respect...Pamela Morsi is one of the best at providing
her fans a fun-filled enjoyable reading experience."
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