I think we would have liked it better if this wasn’t the first book in the series that we read. They believed the book would have been more interesting if there were a few more worries thrown Betsy’s way. She got along well with her sisters and her parents, she had lots of friends, and homework didn’t take up much of her time. On the other hand, some of the girls had a hard time relating with Betsy’s perfect life. It’s light reading, with little conflict. One of the girls said she thought it was a perfect book to read when you want to de-stress from a hectic schedule. The girls noted the differences between high school and social life in the early 1900s and today.

The girls chose it because it’s about Betsy’s first year in high school, and as sophomores, they well remember what it’s like to be freshman.ĭiscussion was good. When a tall, dark stranger arrives at her school and becomes part of their crowd of friends, Betsy is taken with him and wonders if he is interested in her as well.Įven though the series starts much earlier, this was the first book we read as a group.

Two local boys walk Betsy to school every day, but they joke around a lot and she doesn’t consider either one to be a boyfriend. But as she starts school and makes new friends while still being able to see Tacy regularly, Betsy begins to like her new life. Betsy will be far away from her best friend Tacy, and at first she’s not happy about being in a new neighborhood. The book begins with the news that Betsy’s family is moving away from her beloved home on Hill St. We were set to discuss Heavens to Betsy, one of the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace.

'There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.' - Anna Quindlen 'Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows.My daughter, Catherine, and I went to our mother-daughter book club meeting on Monday. 'I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern.' - Laura Lippman Featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman and the original cover art from Heaven to Betsy. These two books in Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series: Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself see Betsy and Tacy start high school in Deep Valley, Minnesota. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.' -Judy Blume 'Some characters become your friends for life.

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