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" ThE Willis house was very quiet. The comfortable screened porch was deserted, though a sweater in the hammock and a box of gay paper dolls on the floor showed that it had served as a play-space recently. Inside, not a door banged, not a footfall sounded. The late afternoon June sunshine streamed in through the hall window and made a broad band to the stairway which was in the shadow. The light touched the heads of three girls huddled closely together in the cushioned window-seat and turned the hair of one to gleaming, burnished golden red, another to a fairy web of spun yellow silk and searched out the faint copper tint in the dark locks of the third. The girls sat motionless, their faces ...
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Originally published: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1935.
Josephine Lawrence (1889-1978) was an American novelist and journalist. Some of her books are Glenna (1929), Head of the Family (1932), Years Are So Long (1934) - which was made into a movie Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) - If I Have Four Apples (1935), Sound of Running Feet (1937) and Bow Down to Wood and Stone (1938).
"Conflict between clerks and bosses in a real estate agency." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation.
Nine critical essays contribute to the accelerating academic investigation into girls' fiction as mechanics of gender formation in the 20th century. Among the series they discuss are Ann of Green Gables, Isabel Carleton, Linda Lane, Betsy-Tacy, and several focusing on automobiles, as well as Nancy herself. They also consider Girl Scouts and related organizations and books furthering the effort of World War II. No personal recollections are included. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Middle class American family lives beyond its means during depression.