A review by melissafirman
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary

Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

It pains me to say it...this is a DNF for me. The writing felt overly simplistic and very much (ironically) like a children's book, which probably shouldn't have been too surprising given Beverly Cleary's success as the beloved creator of Beezus, Ramona, Henry, Ralph and other childhood literary friends. I'm not sure what I was expecting from this memoir but within the first few chapters I knew this wasn't for me. (There was a funny story about Beverly taking a blue inkwell and making handprints around a pristine white tablecloth before dinner -- showing, perhaps, that Beverly and Ramona are one and the same.)