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laurieb755 's review for:
The Magic City
by E. Nesbit
Had I discovered this book as a child, I would have cried "Hazaah - she has read my mind!" E. Nesbit (Edith, actually) crafted a tale so full of a child's imagination and one that would kick start the imagination of any child who had yet to discover just what that word meant. For me, this was the story of childhood, and a telling of a "what if" that I used to wonder about.
I don't know what was more interesting to me as an adult - reading the book or reading the Afterword and learning more about Ellen Nesbit, who signed her books E. Nesbit only to find, with delight, that people presumed she was a man. She had a difficult childhood and difficult first marriage, and perhaps they helped fuel her imagination.
Thank you to Edward Eager, whose books for children I have recently read, for recommending E Nesbit in his writings.
I don't know what was more interesting to me as an adult - reading the book or reading the Afterword and learning more about Ellen Nesbit, who signed her books E. Nesbit only to find, with delight, that people presumed she was a man. She had a difficult childhood and difficult first marriage, and perhaps they helped fuel her imagination.
Thank you to Edward Eager, whose books for children I have recently read, for recommending E Nesbit in his writings.