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From: Kerry Madden <kiffnkerry>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 11:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
Without a doubt, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN...Francie Nolan helped me through many lonely days each time I faced another move to a new football team/town where my father coached. I escaped into 1911 Brooklyn and into Francie's stories - of Katie Nolan, her hardworking mother, (who loved Francie's brother, Neely, more) Johnny Nolan, her beloved father, her Aunts Evie and Sissy...Betty Smith helped me to feel less alone.
What a great thread...now I will have to go find "Mountain Laurel" too.
Sincerely
Kerry Madden
www.kerrymadden.com
www.readerville.com
Gentle's Holler, Viking Children's Books, 2005
Louisiana's Song, 2007, Jessie's Mountain, 2008, Viking...
Offsides (William Morrow, 1996) Writing Smarts (American Girl Library, 2002)
Received on Wed 24 May 2006 01:29:57 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 11:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
Without a doubt, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN...Francie Nolan helped me through many lonely days each time I faced another move to a new football team/town where my father coached. I escaped into 1911 Brooklyn and into Francie's stories - of Katie Nolan, her hardworking mother, (who loved Francie's brother, Neely, more) Johnny Nolan, her beloved father, her Aunts Evie and Sissy...Betty Smith helped me to feel less alone.
What a great thread...now I will have to go find "Mountain Laurel" too.
Sincerely
Kerry Madden
www.kerrymadden.com
www.readerville.com
Gentle's Holler, Viking Children's Books, 2005
Louisiana's Song, 2007, Jessie's Mountain, 2008, Viking...
Offsides (William Morrow, 1996) Writing Smarts (American Girl Library, 2002)
Received on Wed 24 May 2006 01:29:57 PM CDT
