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Jerry (Hardcover)
Jean Webster
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R843
Discovery Miles 8 430
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Jerry (Hardcover)
Jean Webster
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R1,304
Discovery Miles 13 040
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"Paper-weights," observed Patty, sucking an injured thumb, "were
evidently not made for driving in tacks. I wish I had a
hammer."
This remark called forth no response, and Patty peered down from
the top of the step-ladder at her roommate, who was sitting on the
floor dragging sofa-pillows and curtains from a dry-goods box.
"Priscilla," she begged, "you aren't doing anything useful. Go
down and ask Peters for a hammer."
Priscilla rose reluctantly. "I dare say fifty girls have already
been after a hammer."
"Oh, he has a private one in his back pocket. Borrow that. And,
Pris," -- Patty called after her over the transom, -- "just tell
him to send up a man to take that closet door off its hinges."
Patty and her two roommates from last year are back in school.
And they're upset! School administration is trying to break up
their dream team!
"It's a shame!" says Priscilla.
"It's an outrage!" says Conny.
"It's an insult!" says Patty.
"To separate us now after we've been together three years
--"
"And it isn't as though we were "awfully" bad last year. Lots of
girls had more demerits."
"Only our badness was sort of conspicuous," Patty admitted.
"But we were "very" good the last three weeks," reminded
Conny.
Don't worry, they'll work around it. And raise more heck this
year than ever before. . . !
Don't miss this wonderful tale from Jean Webster, grandniece of
Mark Twain.
Most people, writes Jerusha Abbot to Daddy-Long-Legs, run life
as a race, at the end of which they are too tired to be happy.
""I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot of
little happinesses." "
Here is a charming novel of an orphan who, through pluck and
good cheer, wins the patronage of an anonymous trustee of her
orphanage she calls "Daddy Long Legs." He sends the clever Jerusha
to a girl's college, where she thrives. Her story is odyssey of
laughter, love and learning.
Here is one of the most empowering books of all time, a "girl's"
book full of fun and whimsy, yet seriously enriching.
"Daddy Long Legs" has been adapted on stage and screen many
times, most famously as the Shirley Temple movie "Curly Top, " and
the Fred Astaire-Leslie Caron movie "Daddy Long Legs."
"Daddy Long Legs" is a classic that still amuses and
inspires.
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