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Bezig met laden... Big Susan (1947)door Elizabeth Orton Jones
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Huh. I loved making things for my dolls through my adolescence, and I still enjoy some doll and dollhouse stories. But this one verged on the twee, and I just don't see the appeal for re-reads. Ok, it's cute they don't know what jacks are, and they clean their house for Big Susan, and name the new baby Little Susan. And I suppose I could forgive them for having servants, though the author's treatment of said Nurse and Cook is rather offensive. But I don't feel any depth, complexity, or resonance here. Even the most innocent & sheltered child has more going on in her life than is even possible in this fantasy world. *My* dolls really lived. They had adventures, and arguments, and sorrows, and joys. And not just on Christmas night, either. Susan's dolls are almost boring. And Susan isn't in the book much at all - the title is misleading. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
After six weeks of neglect, a family of dolls comes to life on Christmas Eve wondering if they will have a tree or gifts this year from the girl who normally takes such good care of them. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The name 'Big Susan' is actually a reference to the size difference between the girl and her family of dolls, they mean no offense. This is a simple, nice story about how the doll family, so grateful to Susan for all she does for them, want to give her a gift for Christmas.
You see, dolls can't move or do anything for themselves except on one night a year, Christmas eve. Because. Their simple search for a gift becomes something of a light mystery, which is charmingly resolved.
The best features of the book are its illustrations, done by the author, and capture every detail of the dollhouse. Each room has its quirks, the just-out-of-scale furniture, the human sized toys (like the jack of the cover) interspersed throughout and the dolls themselves are well done. ( )