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Glass, Molly Mary was born on July 25, 1925 in Glasgow, Bellshill, Scotland. Arrived in Canada, 1956.
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Historical fiction The captivating story of Bruce MacAlister, a handsome highlander whose love for sweet, beautiful Jean Irvine is eclipsed only by his love for God. Set in the Scottish highlands and western islands, Call of the Isles introduces Bruce MacAlister, a dedicated young man driven by almost impossibly high ideals. While studying to be an ordained minister, he stays in a boarding house owned by Beulah Maclntyre. Beulah's lovely yet impetuous granddaughter, Jean Irvine, grows to love the crofter's son. Bruce's heart, in turn, has been captured by Jean. Accustomed to wealth and privilege, Jean nevertheless would forsake all for this noble, devoted man of God. However, her parents view Bruce as an unworthy suitor. Will they ever accept her marrying the poor highlander? Could Bruce ever find happiness without Jean by his side?
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This captivating novel continues the saga of Bruce MacAlister and his young daughter, Mary Jean. He now shepherds a kirk in the village of Cairnglen, where the verdant, breathtakingly beautiful landscape belies the incendiary atmosphere of the town. The flames of social unrest are fanned by the explosion of a munitions factory. Fires of racial prejudice are ignited by the unconventional marriage of close friends. Sparks fly even within his own familty when his mother's adopted son, Jeremy, is imprisioned because of a false accusation. Bruce MacAlister seeks to rebuild the community that threatens to overwhelm him. Can the testimony of such self-giving love relight the spiritual fires of the barren highlands?
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This novel about Bruce MacAlister and his family opens up with a happy event - the wedding of Bruce's daughter, Mary Jean at Kelvingrove, her father's church in Glasgow. But as family and friends rejoice, they cannot know that for some of them this will be a final, precious time together on earth. Within just a few days, immense sorrow overshadows their lives once again. Undeterred by the physical harm a tragic train wreck caused him, Bruce's adopted brother, Jeremy Ward, seeks to provide a haven for the helpless. But suddenly a noble family challenges the MacAlisters' right to Mains farm. Will this faithful Scottish family fight for the land, even if is means taking on the whole community?
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Glass, Molly Mary was born on July 25, 1925 in Glasgow, Bellshill, Scotland. Arrived in Canada, 1956.
Student, Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, Alberta, 1975.
Bookkeeper, 1960-1971; social worker, Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome, Edmonton, 1974-1976; author, novelist, Kelowna, B.C., since 1977. Director Senior Writers and Publishers, Kelowna, since 1985.
(This novel about Bruce MacAlister and his family opens up...)
(Historical fiction The captivating story of Bruce MacAli...)
(This captivating novel continues the saga of Bruce MacAli...)
Member Canada Authors Association.
Daughter of Bernard and Margaret (Sloggett) Degnan. Divorced; children: Margaret Madsen, Graham, Carolyn Ellis.