Delay En Route

by Ted McLane

Whether or not it was puppy love, depended on who was the puppy! Brian MacDonald didn't feel that way in 1944 when twenty-three old Jeanette Smith, attractive wife of an Air Corp pilot, started... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595235425
• ISBN13: 9780595235421
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

AN INNOCENT TIME

"Delay En Route" is a charming love story set in the milieu of American history, particularly of World War Two, but extending well beyond that. Not a history buff, I was captured much more by the gripping love story about the illicit relationship between a high school senior and his appealing English teacher. Written with the innocent and poignant humor of the 1940s, the book presents Brian MacDonald, an intelligent and ambitious straight arrow who has an unrelenting crush on Jeanette Smith, a young, attractive teacher recruited due to the lack of male teachers during the war. "Smitty" inspires "Briny" to look beyond the typical male interests of the day - sports, dirty jokes, drinking, and carousing - to think about the deeper issues in life -relationships, philosophy, religion and history. She urges him on to achieve higher things, motivating him to take the lead of a school play instead of a place on the varsity basketball team. This book is a tender love story written with humor and wisdom. It captures the innocence of a time long gone, and makes the reader regret that loss. It is also informative of the era, particularly military issues and famous events. Those seeking the authentic recreation of those times will become absorbed in Ted McLane's presentation. And those who can identify with the romantic vision of a never-ending romance, as am I, will smile, worry, sometimes blush, and perhaps even shed a tear as Briny tries to make his life-long dream come true.