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A review by crizzle
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
5.0
Awwww.
If you’re a sucker for coming-of-age stories about girls in the late 19th/early 20th century, you’ve gotta read Understood Betsy. Ever since I read The Home-maker a good decade ago, I always wanted to read more by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. This was such sweet and fun juvenile fiction (with some heart-tugging moments) along the lines of Betsy-Tacy books, Anne Shirley, Five Little Peppers, All-of-a-Kind Family, etc.
Elizabeth Ann is 9 years old and, although an orphan (I need to make a new goodreads shelf for all my orphan books), is loved and cherished by her timid, hyper-sensitive aunts... to the point where I’m thinking this is reminding me of what I’ve heard of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She has to move in with other “horrible” relatives who are actually wonderful and hardworking and strong and sensible. She learns how to use her own brain and decide for herself and she becomes strong and brave.
This is the kind of story we need right now!
If you’re a sucker for coming-of-age stories about girls in the late 19th/early 20th century, you’ve gotta read Understood Betsy. Ever since I read The Home-maker a good decade ago, I always wanted to read more by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. This was such sweet and fun juvenile fiction (with some heart-tugging moments) along the lines of Betsy-Tacy books, Anne Shirley, Five Little Peppers, All-of-a-Kind Family, etc.
Elizabeth Ann is 9 years old and, although an orphan (I need to make a new goodreads shelf for all my orphan books), is loved and cherished by her timid, hyper-sensitive aunts... to the point where I’m thinking this is reminding me of what I’ve heard of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She has to move in with other “horrible” relatives who are actually wonderful and hardworking and strong and sensible. She learns how to use her own brain and decide for herself and she becomes strong and brave.
This is the kind of story we need right now!