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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Feb 04 2012 : 3:28:17 PM
I have heard if it forever but never read it. I know there was a movie, didn't see that either. Picture on my site. I'm going to start reading it tonight. I know, I should put the title here but sometimes I'm not nice.
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 2:09:19 PM
I found my book the other day. It's huge! And the writting is VERY small. I need reading glasses to see it. I am on the 3rd page so far. I can tell it's going to take a LONG time to read it. But I am going to.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| JessieMae |
Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 06:40:04 AM
This was actually required reading in school when I was in the fifth or sixth grade. I remember it well.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 11:53:47 AM
Michele,
Yes it is well written and such a nice story. Glad you found your copy.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 07:23:26 AM
Nancy, You really started something this time.
I thought I had a copy of this book somewhere. Found it in a group of hardbound matching classics that I got a t a garage sale last year.
It had never even been opened. It is a lovely book with a leather cover and sewn in ribbon bookmark
Well, I started reading it last night and stayed up much too late. What a richly written and lovely story. Can't wait to get my chores done today so I can dive back in
Thanks,
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
www.dreamingofspringtime.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 10 2012 : 10:14:33 AM
I do have this book. I got it at a thrift store a few years ago. I am going to read it soon. I am reading My Side of the Mountain now. Another old book.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Feb 10 2012 : 08:41:21 AM
How funny! I just decided to read this as my 84 year old mother told me it was quite scandalous when she was a young girl and had to hide it from her mother. Apparently, there is discussion of a young girl's "monthlies"... OOOOh, how scandalous
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
www.dreamingofspringtime.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
| sjmjgirl |
Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 7:05:46 PM
I'm in the same boat as you, Nancy. I dont think Ive ever read the book or seen the movie. I may have to download the book and start reading! Thanks for the inspiration!
Farmgirl Sister # 3810
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Dalai Lama |
| frannie |
Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 6:57:12 PM
i loved this book as a child, my maternal grandmother, grew up in brooklyn and died in 1924, so i always imagined her when i read this book.
i also saw the movie as a child and loved it.
thanks as always nancy jo, for the memories!!!!
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Feb 04 2012 : 6:24:35 PM
It is on my reading list, as are SO many titles. My Husband read it awhile back and he is forever putting quotes out about this and that. For that reason alone I figure it must be a good book as he has never done that before :)
Farmgirl Sister #918
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| grammytammy |
Posted - Feb 04 2012 : 6:13:53 PM
Read it years ago. It's a good one
FarmGirl 2495
God loved us so much He gave His only son to die in our stead. |
| Penny Wise |
Posted - Feb 04 2012 : 4:03:28 PM
i saw the movie once about 25-30 years ago-in B&W but didn't see it from the very beginning-kindof when cable was just getting started and i was surfing the channels late nite--never gave a thought to reading the book-...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm please tell us how you enjoy it....or not.
Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Feb 04 2012 : 3:38:35 PM
I saw the movie when I was young and only read the book much later. I like them both, although they are quite different. The movie features the old song with the chorus "cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o" and every now and then I get that stuck in my head, just the way the actor in the film sings it! I haven't seen the movie in probably 20 years!! So if you ever watch the movie, just watch out is what I'm saying.
I've also read Joy in the Morning by the same author, and from what I read about her on wikipedia that novel is very much autobiographical. It's about a young couple with little money who marry and have their first baby while the husband is in college (at a time when that was very much not the norm).
And you'll notice, Nancy, that I didn't give away the title of the book either! |
