Magic for Marigold
The eccentric Lesley family could not agree on what to name Lorraine's new baby girl even after four months. Lorraine secretly liked the name Marigold, but who would ever agree to such a fanciful name as that? When the baby falls ill and gentle Dr. M. Woodruff Richards saves her life, the family...
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The eccentric Lesley family could not agree on what to name Lorraine's new baby girl even after four months. Lorraine secretly liked the name Marigold, but who would ever agree to such a fanciful name as that? When the baby falls ill and gentle Dr. M. Woodruff Richards saves her life, the family decides to name the child after the good doctor. But a girl named Woodruff? How fortunate that Dr. Richards's seldom-used first name turns out to be . . . Marigold! A child with such an unusual name is destined for adventure. It all begins the day Marigold meets a girl in a beautiful green dress who claims to be a real-life princess. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553280463 (0553280465)
Publish date: April 1st 1989
Publisher: Starfire
Pages no: 274
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Coming Of Age,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
Marigold isn’t Lucy Maud Montgomery’s most memorable protagonist. But then again she has a great deal to contend with in Anne and Emily. I’ve heard that Montgomery referred to the experience of writing Magic for Marigold as ‘warming over cold soup’. I do think she was being a tad uncharitable, bu...
I just could not get into the story. At all. Most of the characters just plain frustrated me.
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