From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:43:03 -0800

I now toss in my thunks (heavy thoughts) on Newby. I simply cannot comprehend why Hesse's "Stowaway" did not receive a mention (was it on Notables???) for a Newby. It is a superb example of readable, reliable historic fiction and has all the necessary scholarly paraphrenalia that some of us always look for.

For those who were cast down about "Star Girl"--well, it was all well and good until the final chapter which tended towards the preachy.
("Tended"???--it was.) The problem with "Bone" was that the characters did not really seem real and were, therefore, difficult to form into reasonable reader identification.

I shall continue to think-?spite the nonsense in the eastern part of this nation--where, I fear, thought has already been completed for the next four years.

Gadzooks.

Big Grandma

"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)

"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
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