Yes. Joy in the Morning is also a 1963 novel by American author Betty Smith. Smith is best known as the author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The novel was adapted for the movie by screenwriters Sally Benson, Alfred Hayes, and Norman Lessing.
In 1927, Carl Brown marries Annie McGairy and goes to college, but taking his young wife with him creates difficult challenges for both of them, for their parents back home, and for the campus faculty.
