Yesterday I sat in the blue chair (Big, Velvet, Luxurious) and read EMILY OF DEEP VALLEY straight through. Of course, any of you who know me already know how I feel about the Betsy-Tacy books. EODV is also by Lovelace and is set in the same town. Emily is a couple of years younger than Betsy and doesn’t know her, just of her, but their paths do cross in this book. Oddly enough, the scene with Betsy is rather didactic instead of familiar and nice like one would expect. The rest of the book is lovely though. It’s self contained, there aren’t any others about Emily, although she is quite interesting. I think I read this book about twenty-five years ago from the library. Maybe more. I just purchased it for my collection though. It was OP until just recently and I’ve heard it is OP now, but I had no problem getting a new copy, so I’m not sure about that. I enjoyed it, but it’s a very mild, sweet story. If you like reading books about innocent girls set back then (1912), you’ll probably enjoy it. It kind of reminds me of Beverly Cleary’s FIFTEEN or SISTER OF THE BRIDE.
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