There are no words in the English language or any language for that matter that would even begin to describe how much I love this book. Well, some words come to mind. Spunky, creative, pink, scibble, skitter, sklonk, all of these and many more might, just might begin to put into words how much I lov...
I have mixed feelings about this book. Many of the stories were of her family in general, not specifically about her relationship with her brother. She complained too many times about wanting to be in NYC instead of with her brother on the apple farms in Washington. I don't think she would have t...
I just couldn't warm to this book. As far as memoirs go, it really didn't work for me, and I found that frustrating. I thought that the best parts of the book were those that involved Marie Brenner's reporting skills, such as relating the complicated histories of preceding generations of her family ...
I never read Eloise as a child. It was probably banned in Alvin. Eloise is a six year old girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York City, with a mostly absent mo...