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About The Tryst (Unabridged)

The Tryst is the story of two childhood friends, separately searching for answers. Patty Merrill, newly returned from college, overhears her mother and sister bemoaning her presence. Hurt and confused, and not able to reach her father abroad, Patty spontaneously boards a train for New York. Her pampered life hasn't prepared her for earning a living but she happens on a position as a companion to an old lady. John Treeves has returned from the war in Europe, disillusioned and heartbroken. His mother has died and it was her last wish that he travel to their favorite spot in the mountains to have a tryst with God and attempt to rekindle the Christian faith that he seems to have lost. The tryst becomes a turning point in Treeves' life and after much prayer and Bible readings, he resolves to become a preacher. But to whom should he preach? Without his knowledge, his wily rich uncle engineers an offer from a New York church and it is there that he meets Patty. She is using an assumed name and denies that she's Patty Merrill. But she can't help being influenced by John's preaching and, just as he is determined to devote his life to the downtrodden, she also begins to see the light. Part love story, part social commentary of 1920s America, The Tryst is a testament to the power of faith.