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From: Terry Ross <trtrtr>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:55:44 -0600
Here's one.. has anyone mentioned Shirley Jackson's "Life Among the Savages"? ("Raising Demons" is great too.) I read both as a middle schooler and loved them. My daughter picked Savages for our mother-daughter book group and the girls took turns reading their favorite parts aloud. It's very funny. My mother had it in her bookshelf otherwise I'm not sure if I would have found it so early on.
Terry Ross
djgebel at juno.com wrote:
> Reading Beth's message brought to mind a similar experience-my husband would read at our dinner table to our three boys-but the night he read The Twits by Roald Dahl was our start to finish-kitchen a mess read-aloud.
> Doris Gebel
> Northport-East Northport Public Library
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> Another time, I couldn't help reading aloud the beginning pages of The Book Of Coupons at the dinner table and my husband and children were so enthralled that I read them the whole book. By the time we finished, it was long past dark and the food was cold, the kitchen was a mess but we were so happy....you know in that satisfied way you feel when you have
> just finished a great story....only we were experiencing that together. The best family therapy I know.
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> Beth Martin
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Received on Thu 28 Feb 2008 06:55:44 AM CST
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:55:44 -0600
Here's one.. has anyone mentioned Shirley Jackson's "Life Among the Savages"? ("Raising Demons" is great too.) I read both as a middle schooler and loved them. My daughter picked Savages for our mother-daughter book group and the girls took turns reading their favorite parts aloud. It's very funny. My mother had it in her bookshelf otherwise I'm not sure if I would have found it so early on.
Terry Ross
djgebel at juno.com wrote:
> Reading Beth's message brought to mind a similar experience-my husband would read at our dinner table to our three boys-but the night he read The Twits by Roald Dahl was our start to finish-kitchen a mess read-aloud.
> Doris Gebel
> Northport-East Northport Public Library
>
> Another time, I couldn't help reading aloud the beginning pages of The Book Of Coupons at the dinner table and my husband and children were so enthralled that I read them the whole book. By the time we finished, it was long past dark and the food was cold, the kitchen was a mess but we were so happy....you know in that satisfied way you feel when you have
> just finished a great story....only we were experiencing that together. The best family therapy I know.
>
> Beth Martin
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> Click here for free information on how to become certified as a project management professional.
> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3oHL9g2LbKXGsiX0w5RR8iWME1rBUfU3pAB19PBfLwaFRaLe/
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