I expect this will be my favorite of the three books. Thanks to Goodreads’ friend Gundula I own this lovely book, and thanks also to Goodreads’ friend Abigail who offered to lend me her 3 Booky books. My library should have this edition (it has no Booky books) and I think I’ll recommend they purchase it for lending out.

What a treasure! It’s ridiculous that just because this book’s events take place in Canada and it’s by a Canadian author, that it’ so difficult to obtain in the U.S. It brought the historical fiction even more to life. The photographs of people and places and things and events from the time, including some of the author when young, really added to my pleasure of reading the story. Unfortunately, when I read books about hungry people is when I’m most prone to overeat and Booky’s descriptions of her hunger and the hunger experienced by her family members was vividly told, as were the descriptions of the foods they did eat. The relationships and situations felt very genuine. The author’s vivid and genuine memories of childhood had universal appeal. There was a nifty appearance of the book. So, despite the hunger and poverty and the hitting and yelling and other disturbing content, this book definitely qualifies as a comfort read for me. Booky’s narration is wonderful, her story lovingly drawn. The storytelling and writing style engaged me from the start. These are autobiographical novels with some non-fiction components.

The cover has a painting of a young girl and normally I like deciding for myself what characters look like but turn the first page and there is a photo of a girl who looks exactly like the painting on the cover, and there are more photos. and not in Canada, our near neighbor, my library would have the book. I’ll bet if the events in the book took place in the U.S. Yes, this book is old, but it’s reprinted, and yet it’s not available at my public library. What a wonderful site this is! What’s infuriating and disappointing though is how many books from faraway, and not all that far away, places are sometimes not available. Another Goodreads friend offered to let me borrow her copies of the three books. Thanks to Goodreads’ friends Gundula, I have a copy of this of my very own, which I am happy to lend out. That Scatterbrain Booky, book 1 = 5 stars (read 3/6/11-3/9/11) It also has a bonus story, which appears between the first and second books, titled: “Visitors From Saskatoon” and it is a short story of only 8 pages, not including the photos.

This omnibus edition includes all three books in the trilogy:, , and.

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