People of the Whirlpool
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Barbara's attic desk becomes the starting point for a diary of family life and changing social habits in a quiet American town. In this 1903 novel, Mabel Osgood Wright gives a commuter's wife an affectionate, observant voice as she sorts old letters, remembers her garden journal and considers the advantages of raising twins. The arrival of New Yorkers in the Bluff Colony brings new influences into household life, right down to the boys' attempt to turn a familiar wagon into an automobile.
Letters and personal entries shape a story that mixes domestic reflection with comedy. Barbara's love for her children sits beside the anxiety their experiments can cause: in one episode, the twins return scratched and dusty after crawling through unfinished sewer pipes.
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Book facts
- Author
- Mabel Osgood Wright
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
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