Book - leads you to think?

I read the book several times - although not recently - and I was always convinced at the end that Christy married Neil. The book has Christy always being a bit wishy-washy regarding David, like she's not sure if she cares about him or not. Nearing the end of the book, Christy seems to be getting farther and farther away from David (the Rev.) and closer to Neil. At the end, I thought it was clear that Christy ended up with Neil.

I think they ended the movies like that because that's what the fans wanted. Because seriously, who would want to marry a boring preacher boy when you could marry the exotic Doctor who challenged your beliefs?

Christy is one of my favorite books of all time. I have always read it that it leads you to believe that she marries Neil. However, in the Collector's Edition of Christy Catherine Marshall reveals that Christy was to marry David. (Because the story was based on that of her parents and her mother married her father who was a preacher.) I have yet to read it with this new information so it may or may not change my perspective on things.


"I've always thought that Hufflepuffs spent the day making stuff with safety scissors and glitter."

In real life Lenora Whitakers (Christy) married John A. Wood (David Grantland), I never understood why they strayed from this point in the series. If she had not married him we would not have had the book that Catherine Marshall based her parents life on.

http://hometown.aol.com/atsissie2/page2/index.

"It isn't what faith you practice, but how you practice your faith." - A.C.Y.

I always thought she married David, because that's whom I would have :).