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Dear Pen Pal
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Let's get this out of the way first: I don't like Jean Webster's books. The only one I've read in recent memory was DADDY-LONG-LEGS, and it didn't work for me. The fact that the girls all loved it, then, didn't exactly ring true, though I was not bothered by the girls being unanimous in their enjoyment of LITTLE WOMEN or ANNE OF GREEN GABLES.
I had a hard time keeping the voices straight in this one, and I couldn't tell one pen pal from the other, even after the real-life pen pals came on stage.
The situations seemed real enough, what with lots of conflict and even more drama. One roots for these girls to find their way. And the grandmothers, both "real" and adopted, are my favorite characters by a mile.
I had a hard time keeping the voices straight in this one, and I couldn't tell one pen pal from the other, even after the real-life pen pals came on stage.
The situations seemed real enough, what with lots of conflict and even more drama. One roots for these girls to find their way. And the grandmothers, both "real" and adopted, are my favorite characters by a mile.
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Oct 09, 2011 09:15PM
Well, I would wager that I've heard more universal love among people who have read DLL than among people who have read LITTLE WOMEN or AOGG. Truly. I wish I could have you read WHEN PATTY WENT TO COLLEGE (Jean Webster's other masterpiece) without reading the last chapter, which spoils the whole thing.
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You could get me a reprint & tear out the last chapter before sending it. Otherwise I couldn't be trusted.
