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Dear Enemy
by Jean Webster
For the time these were written, 1915ish, this book is incredibly forward thinking. There's great discussion on nature v. nurture, appropriate grounds for divorce, the ethics of managing an asylum full of orphans and it all is still relevant, thanks to an author who I think was pretty forward thinking for her time. It's also not preachy or didactic. The story just comes with a little extra meat on the bones.
This second book in the series picks up with Sallie McBride writing letters to her best friend Judy after taking over the orphan asylum Judy grew up in.
Sallie isn't a carbon copy of Judy. She brings her own sense of self, so you don't feel like you're reading the same story all over again. Sallie comes from a rich family and had comforts her whole life that Judy could once only dream of, so she really brings a different sensibility to what she sees happening in the asylum.
I really liked Sallie too. It was easy to relate to her silly self and the growth she feels as she throws herself into the project of improving the asylum. It's the perfect story of how service, even if you hate it a little, makes you grow as a person. There are great letters where Sallie demands Judy find a replacement for her and other letters where she declares she could never leave.
Loved it as much as Daddy Long-Legs. Again, 99 cents cheap on Kindle right now, but you won't get the pictures. I think the pictures would have made this story even better.
Read it!
This second book in the series picks up with Sallie McBride writing letters to her best friend Judy after taking over the orphan asylum Judy grew up in.
Sallie isn't a carbon copy of Judy. She brings her own sense of self, so you don't feel like you're reading the same story all over again. Sallie comes from a rich family and had comforts her whole life that Judy could once only dream of, so she really brings a different sensibility to what she sees happening in the asylum.
I really liked Sallie too. It was easy to relate to her silly self and the growth she feels as she throws herself into the project of improving the asylum. It's the perfect story of how service, even if you hate it a little, makes you grow as a person. There are great letters where Sallie demands Judy find a replacement for her and other letters where she declares she could never leave.
Loved it as much as Daddy Long-Legs. Again, 99 cents cheap on Kindle right now, but you won't get the pictures. I think the pictures would have made this story even better.
Read it!