A review by panxa
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary

3.0

I found this a little hard to get in to a first, I think because I found very young Beverly annoying. But once she got older I found her more relatable. Her mother, who seemed fine in Yamhill, got steadily more uncomfortable to read about to the point that it was almost claustrophobic, but Beverly does escape to California in the end. People whose own mothers are possessive, narcissistic or controlling might want to give this book a pass if they find such depictions triggering.