![]() A fresh breeze of a book! This is also her first novel for children.Ī tribute to Maine and all its magic, this is a gentle story of a girl going to live with her aunt in a remote wilderness and making new friends. ![]() There are delicious moments like when Garnet and her best friend get accidentally locked in the library, and when Garnet goes to the county fair. In case you haven’t yet met her wondrous world of books, here’s an overview of her novels in chronological order of publication:Ī Newbery medal winner, this slim book is perhaps the most well-known of Enright’s works. The summers she spent on her uncle’s Wisconsin farm definitely influenced her writing and the way she observed nature and recorded it in both a realistic and whimsical manner. For me, there is such a sense of delight in Enright’s familiar descriptions of summers in the countryside, of searching for butterflies and exploring old houses and finding arrowheads. ![]() I’ve been rereading the novels of Elizabeth Enright for the past few months, because they’re *so* re-readable and absolutely perfect for this time of year. ![]()
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