I recently finished Mount Vernon Love Story, a Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark. What prompted me to read this novel was a recent trip to Mount Vernon, VA and the incredible sense of awe I was left with for our first President of the United States and his wife.
The tale bounced around from George’s young life and young loves to his final months in the presidency and times between. The love between George and his beloved Patsy, his nickname for Martha, was always shown. George and Patsy raised Patsy’s two small children from her previous marriage and ultimately raised their grandchildren.
Mary Higgins Clark loving shows her admiration for the Washingtons and their beloved Mt. Vernon plantation throughout this book, having done research from documents and interviews with Washington’s ancestors. To me, the love story is her tribute to a man we all admire, George Washington.