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That might have been MY mother. And yes, ‘And This is Laura,” coming, coming!
When I started SHELF DISCOVERY, I immediately remembered so many small details about some of the books, silly little inconsequential details that have no effect on the plot, story, or characters, but nonetheless remained wedged in my brain (in some cases 25+ years later). Is it shameful that I can’t recall the major characters and plots of most of my “required” high school and college reading, but can remember that in Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, she had been humming the song “Beautiful Dreamer” to herself while floating in an inner tube when she was stung by a man-o-war? Or that in The Cat Ate My Jumpsuit, Marcy is worried that her new purple pantsuit with make her look like an enormous grape at her friend Nancy’s party?
The blog Syndicate Product Covert HQ puts me to shame with a really lovely rundown of the inconsequential details we all nonetheless remember from these books. I had forgotten the thawed-out PB&J Jill sneaks in the bathroom! Why do I think it’s just PB, though? Or is there another book in which a mother makes and freezes PB sandwiches that the daughter hates to eat? In any case, go witness.
