This book was good.
That's about all. It was a nice
story of a man who came from nothing and built up his wealth, married (and
divorced) the girl he had always been in love with, married a girl he had loved
for years but never realized, had a son, a big house and then lost it all and
realized how he had taken it for granted.
It was an enjoyable story, but for me it was not life changing. The man made some poor decisions, but it was
great to see how he rose above the tough situation he came from to make
something of himself.
He was raised in a home with a very loving mother and a
strict, unloving father. He always
thought that they were well enough off but one Christmas he wants a nice sled
and his sister tells him he won't get it because they're poor. When he realizes this he feels embarrassed,
especially around the girl he is in love with who comes from a wealthy family
in the town.
He leaves high school because his mother dies and he has to
help support the family. He works his way up to receiving telegrams at the
railroad station and delivering them. He
moves on to become a paper salesman and then joins up with a guy who runs a
wallpaper factory and makes it a great company.
He retires a multi-millionaire.
All his life he just wants to be rich and thinks that is all
there is to life, but as he looses his second wife and his son leaves him to
marry a Jewish girl he realizes that his big house and his property are not
important. After his home burns down, he moves in with his sister
and begins to work at an airplane factory building things with his hands and
finds great satisfaction in this job. He
reconciles with his son just before he dies in the war, when his plane gets shot
down.
Overall, it was an enjoyable book but neither did it really
move me or make me think too deeply.
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