Comments on: Through This Door — Chapter 3

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:39:18 +0000

Next time I head to BYU I’ll have to tote my scanner …

By: Mina

Mina — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:35:45 +0000

World Cat. informs me there is a copy of Strange Babies in the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU. And it has illustrations.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:15:03 +0000

I just did a search at the Mormon Literature Database and saw that Margery S. Stewart was a prolific writer for the Relief Society magazine, publishing mostly short stories and serials like this, along with a bit of poetry as well. She published works there from about 1948 through 1966. She also wrote a book named Strange Babies in 1956, published by a small press in Caldwell Idaho. I did not find much else about her, so does anyone else know anything? If this serial is typical of her work, she seems to me to be a decent writer. There have been no obvious clunkers or unintended funny scenes here. Looking forward to more.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:56:16 +0000

Late to the party, just read all three installments today. I feel so much better now. Makes me want to clean out the garage so I can get a car back in there. A bonus: This one is very well written, believable dialog, and nicely told. What a breath of fresh air. I’m in for the duration.

Caramel corn, anyone?

By: HokieKate

HokieKate — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:41:23 +0000

Well, this was unexpected. I thought the whole story would take place when she was 15.

By: Coffinberry

Coffinberry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:11 +0000

I loved this part: “I prayed that some relative, very rich, would die and leave her all his money, that she could drive past Thelma Williams in a beautiful red convertible and splash mud all over her. But my prayer was not answered.”

And the part about doing all one can to be great in one’s own sphere. I love that it was taught not by lecture or chastisement, but by discovery and example.