If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi

The bittersweet ending is a fitting conclusion to a story that will appeal to readers of romance and historical fiction. Some 20 years pass before George and Mary reunite during the Revolutionary War and Mary discovers the truth about what kept them apart. Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Leemany of them never before publishedIf a Poem Could Live and Breathe makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years that made the future president into. While Calvi’s writing is flowery and rife with exposition (she’s particularly clunky at interjecting excerpts from source material into George’s thoughts), her narrative is affecting. A fact-based romantic speculative novel about Teddy Roosevelt's first love, by Mary Calvi, author of Dear George, Dear Mary.

He’s written to Mary but hasn’t heard back from her Mary, meanwhile, rejects endless suitors while wondering why George hasn’t written or visited. George is assigned to lead the construction of a fort in Virginia, and during the 19 months he’s separated from Mary, he’s slandered in the press for “vice and debauchery,” denied leave by his superiors, and given inadequate means to defend his post. Mary believes herself cursed after losing, over time, her younger sister, father, and mother, and she fears that this curse will sully her happiness with George, with whom she makes an instant connection. If a Poem Could Live and Breathe - by Mary Calvi (Hardcover) 27.99When purchased online Pre-order Preorder now About this item Specifications Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Number of Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres Sub-Genre: Historical Publisher: St. Even before meeting him at a ball in 1756, Mary already idolizes George, having read his journal in the newspapers. Calvi’s debut skillfully depicts the ill-fated love story of a promising 24-year-old colonel named George Washington and Mary Eliza Philipse, a melancholy New York heiress.

If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi