Title: Happiness During the Depression
Review: In the same way that Carol Ryrie Brinks endeared the characters of "Caddie Woodlawn" to our hearts, she makes us love the varied characters in "The Winter Cottage". There's Mr. Sparkes, who can't hold a job during the Great Depression but who loves his 2 daughters and poetry. The eldest daugther, Minty, and the younger daughter, Eggs (short for Eglantine), are driving cross-country to their aunt's home when their car breaks down on a seldom traveled country road. Luckily they are stranded near a cottage which is unlocked. After entering, they realize it is a vacation home for a family who is away, now that winter is setting in. The Sparkes family decides to "rent" the cottage ("We'll pay them whenever we get money," says Dad) and so begins the most wonderful winter of their lives. You'll never guess all that happens. I read it with my daughter, who is nine. She loved it, too.
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