by Susan Coolidge
I read this as a kid and enjoyed it. I've never been able to listen to crickets the same way again.
It's... very moralistic. In a 19th-century, Christian fashion. HOWEVER, I still love it. It's such a ridiculous story and the bit about the School of Pain made me want to vomit (in fact, it reminded me of a stupendous article that appeared in Lupus UK about how chronic illness is really a "beauti...
It's... very moralistic. In a 19th-century, Christian fashion. HOWEVER, I still love it. It's such a ridiculous story and the bit about the School of Pain made me want to vomit (in fact, it reminded me of a stupendous article that appeared in Lupus UK about how chronic illness is really a "beauti...
Katie wants to be a better person but she really doesn't begin to improve until she becomes disabled.
Read and enjoyed this many times as a child..