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The New Yorker called Beverly Cleary's first volume of memoirs, A Girl From Yamhill, a warm, honest book, as interesting as any novel. Now the creator of the classic children's stories millions grew up with continues her own fascination story. Here is Beverly Cleary, from college years to the publication of her first book. It is a fascinating look at her life and a writing career that spans three generations, continuing to capture the hearts and imaginations of children of all ages throughout the world.
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Jeremy Swist
reviewed My own two feet on April 21, 2018
My own two feet
Absorbing autobiography by Beverly Cleary, the author of Henry Huggins, Beezus and Ramona, and dozens of other delightful children's books that I read and my son read with delight.
The memoir covers her college years at the University of California at Berkeley during the Great Depression and her marriage and work during World War II and ends with the publication of her first book.
The title is apt. The author was adamant about standing on her own two feet - spurred on by her doubting and critical mother and the fact that everyone she knew was short of cash. I very much admired her can -do attitude and her perseverance in the face of mediocre grades and limited job prospects. She was determined to be a children's librarian because children could come and go freely in a library, but not in a classroom. Of all of her characters, Ramona seems to be the most autobiographical.
Besides her very interesting life story, her descriptions of 1930's California are fascinating. I wish she had written more about her writing process and her feedback from her fans, etc. . . But that wasn't the scope of this book.
As I write this review, Beverly Cleary is over a hundred years old and living in a retirement home. She is someone who worked hard her whole life. I'm glad she had such a long career and a good husband (he was so kind and steadfast - esp. since her parents objected to him) and children of her own.
This is a life well-lived and a story worth reading.
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