Come the Morning

Description

Orphaned at fifteen in 1883, Ezekiel Harrington is forced from his home in remote Nebraska into the hands of strangers in Philadelphia. They steal what little he has and he flees their injustice. Only his drive and stubborn tenacity keep him from starving.

After desolate years, a collective of striving artists befriends him. Among the artists is Robert Henri, on his way to becoming influential in the art world. With Henri’s friendship, and his own ambition, Ezekiel scrapes together enough to rent space for an art gallery and goes into business where, he struggles.

A crude Bohemian woman of incredible talent joins the artists’ group. Jealous of Henri’s attention to her, Ezekiel despises her. As he bumbles his way into turn-of-the-century Philadelphia and Paris of the Belle Epoque, his changing feelings for the unacceptable woman thrust him on an intense and unexpected course.

In Come the Morning Jeannie Burt spins a story of love and longing, betrayal, loneliness, and hard truth. Her story delivers a lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time that holds some resonance to Henry James.