The author’s vivid and genuine memories of childhood had universal appeal. There was a nifty appearance of the book. So, despite the hunger and poverty and the hitting and yelling and other disturbing content, this book definitely qualifies as a comfort read for me. Booky’s narration is wonderful, her story lovingly drawn. The storytelling and writing style engaged me from the start. These are autobiographical novels with some non-fiction components. The cover has a painting of a young girl and normally I like deciding for myself what characters look like but turn the first page and there is a photo of a girl who looks exactly like the painting on the cover, and there are more photos. and not in Canada, our near neighbor, my library would have the book. I’ll bet if the events in the book took place in the U.S. Yes, this book is old, but it’s reprinted, and yet it’s not available at my public library. What a wonderful site this is! What’s infuriating and disappointing though is how many books from faraway, and not all that far away, places are sometimes not available. Another Goodreads friend offered to let me borrow her copies of the three books. Thanks to Goodreads’ friends Gundula, I have a copy of this of my very own, which I am happy to lend out. That Scatterbrain Booky, book 1 = 5 stars (read 3/6/11-3/9/11) It also has a bonus story, which appears between the first and second books, titled: “Visitors From Saskatoon” and it is a short story of only 8 pages, not including the photos.
This omnibus edition includes all three books in the trilogy:, , and.
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