Lenora Mattingly Weber (1895–1971)
Autor(a) de Meet the Malones
About the Author
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Séries
Obras de Lenora Mattingly Weber
Sing for Your Supper 4 cópias
The Beany Malone & Katie Rose Belford 22 Book Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Riding High 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1895-10-01
- Data de falecimento
- 1971-01-30
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Denver, Colorado, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 32
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 1,082
- Popularidade
- #23,755
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 59
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 7
Originally published by Thomas Y. Crowell in 1950, and then reprinted in this paperback edition by Image Cascade Publishing in 1999, Leave It To Beany! is an engaging follow-up to its two predecessors. Although I wouldn't say I found it quite an appealing as Meet the Malones or Beany Malone—something about the wartime and immediate post-war settings of those earlier books lent them pathos—it was nevertheless quite fun to read. Of course, there were moments of discomfort here, chiefly in the way in which Beany and, to a lesser extent, the other Malone siblings were so oblivious to Sheila's unhappiness—but there were also plenty of moments of humor. One is never in much doubt as to the happy conclusion of each sub-plot, but it was still a pleasure to watch everything unfold, and to follow along as all of the quandaries into which Beany has gotten herself are eventually straightened out. My only critique, and it is a similar one to that I made in my review of Beany Malone, is that although the author depicts some very real emotional trauma here, in the form of Johnny's response to