![]() ![]() And of course the idealized friendship between Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly, epitomized in that magnificent hyphen linking the two names together, testament to their girlish bond.īut does it also have something to do with the notion of five-year-old girls being allowed to dine outdoors together on a bench between their two homes, no grownups lurking overhead? Or two young friends mounting the big hill - on their own? Or the prospect of a mother leaving three schoolgirls at home unattended one afternoon, with instructions to heat up their own cocoa on the stove? A nearby hill that looms over the backyard symbolizing the acquisition of independence. It could be the little touches that resonate with all young girls: The established perfidy of older sisters. a stand-in for the author's real hometown of Mankato, Minn.? ![]() ![]() Why all the excitement over a series of stories about everyday life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the fictional town of Deep Valley, Minn. In the New York Times, Pamela Paul recently pondered the books' popularity: ![]()
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