And Rosemary does seem to have done a lot of growing up over the weekend. There were a couple of odd sentences here and there, but this seems to be so much better written, although showing a bit more of the hand of correlation than the older clunkers we’ve read. This actually sounds a bit like my own household at about the same time frame, with an older brother in college, me in high school, and my mother trying to juggle work and hospital visits while my other brother was recovering from a serious auto accident. Liking this so far.

I like Rosemary. She’s my character doppelganger. I almost always react badly when I’m surprised by something that upsets my plans, but give me a little while to work it out in my mind and I’m usually reasonable. Usually. Okay, sometimes.

I love that you included the illustrations. Is that Dale Kilbourn? I remember as a child, studying that artist’s style and trying to copy it. His girls were the prettiest.