"The Wooden Nickel" is a historical romance, that takes you back to a time when women were proper and men brought home the bacon.
Alisha Paige's talent can be seen on every page of "The Wooden Nickel" Using an equal mix of past and present events Alisha's Main character, Louise tells her romantic yet funny story to her young grandson, Eric.
Alisha, captures all five senses in this heart felt historical romance, as she takes you to a time long forgotten and only remembered or told by our great grandparents and grandparents. "The Wooden Nickel" is an amazing read for anyone who enjoys learning about themselves, their great grandparents, grandparents, and how they lived long ago.
Alisha, in this book reminds us of the little things we take for granted in our daily life. "The Wooden Nickel" is a must read!
I enjoyed taking the journey back in time with Louise and give this book all Ten snowflakes.
It was a time of sorrow and loss. A time of war and sacrifice. For Louise and Cliff it was also a time of love that spans the years of the Great Depression and the dust bowl and travels to war-ravaged Europe. But in the end, it is the promise of a wooden nickel and never-ending love that binds these two together through the years. Alisha Paige paints a vivid portrait of young love that stands the test of time and survives, whole and strong, through troubled times. The Wooden Nickel is a must read book!~ Rita Thedford, author of Tempted and One Dependable Man
This is a love story that captures the essence of some of the most important events of the twentieth century: from the depression and the dust bowl to WWII and beyond. A wooden nickel holds true love together and never lets hope die. The author has an uncanny knowledge of the language, the landscape, and the family life of rural Texas. Told in real time and in flashbacks, the reader can follow the story line without missing a beat. It is impossible to put the book down. A love story told with passion and understanding, this is a book that should be read over and over again. ~Tricia Lee, author of A Caribbean Summer, Cotton and Amorous Ambush
Alisha Paige’s The Wooden Nickel grabs the reader in an emotional embrace and never lets go. Paige weaves a delightful love story that begins with a chance meeting during the Texas dust bowl years and spans half a century. The drama and love between two innocents, Cliff and Louise, unfolds amid a struggling nation, a world at war, the Holocaust, years of separation and love kept alive by an unpretentious wooden nickel.
The story is fresh and epic in nature, the unforgettable characters richly drawn. For readers who enjoy a good love story, The Wooden Nickel just may take them back to their own lives when innocence turned to love. ~ Michael Murphy author of Cuts Like a Knife
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Reviewed by Snapdragon at Long and Short Reviews
Rating: 4 Books!
How far can puppy love go? In Alisha Paige's tantalizing new tale, The Wooden Nickel, the harshest of economic settings becomes the backdrop for an endearing - and we hope - an enduring love.
The Great Depression leads into the war years, and throughout, it is not only love, but hope that sustains our characters, Cliff and Louise. Cliff is that everyman of his time, self-possessed, gentlemanly, even though his background might suggest otherwise. The expectations of the times have a strong bearing on each of the main characters, not only on how they live but on their expectations for themselves. Re-creating The Depression years required more than an understanding of events, but an empathy for the mores of the times - and here Paige does not disappoint. Her characters are wonderfully true to their times, although Louise will also give us the bonus of perceptions from a later time, as well.
The descriptions - from life in small town Texas to the struggles of war marching on Europe, are well-visualized...
Fans of historic time-periods will thoroughly enjoy The Wooden Nickel, but romance fans will find a delightful, old-fashioned sort of love, fashioned in these pages. You will enjoy the time, the events, the places -- but you will simply love Louise and Cliff. Love is truly the center of this delightful novel, and readers will find themselves full of hope, too.
