A review by ginkgotree
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary

3.0

I enjoy stories about the Depression, and Beverly Cleary's memoir was particularly enjoyable for that reason. This book lacks the humor of her children's fiction, but you can certainly see traces of Ramona Quimby in the young Beverly. I'm not sure who the audience is intended to be; the prose is very simple, but some of the subject matter is slightly mature, and the book would probably be boring for children.