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Tippy Parrish #3
Miss America
When Tippy returns to America after a year in war ravaged Germany, she finds that she has matured due to her experiences overseas and has a hard time fitting in with less complicated teenagers. Cadet Peter Jordon, whom she had looked forward so to seeing, keeps getting lost in Tippy's memories of winsome Lieutenant Kenneth Prescott who helped her grow up in Germany. On top of this, a war in Korea looms. How will Tippy cope with the changes and new experiences she encounters?
190 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1951
About the author
Janet Lambert
158 books44 followersJanet Lambert, born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, was a popular girls' story author from 1941 through 1969 (and beyond to today). She wrote 54 books during that time about a number of different girls and their families. Her most popular series were about the Parrishes and the Jordons. These stories, and many of her other series, became entwined as the various characters met each other, married, and then had children of their own!
Janet, having an interest in both the theater and writing, decided to write her own plays in which to act. She did achieve her goal and appeared on Broadway. When she married a career Army officer, her life on stage came to a close, but her stories were still flowing. Knowing well the "life of the Army," many of Ms. Lambert's books are set on Army posts throughout the United States.
Legend has it that her stories started as bedtime stories for her children while they were overseas. Each night, the author would tell the next "installment" of the series. Later, after her kids were grown, she penned one of her stories (Star Spangled Summer) and—according to legend—it was sold to a publisher the very day after she sent it to them.
Janet, having an interest in both the theater and writing, decided to write her own plays in which to act. She did achieve her goal and appeared on Broadway. When she married a career Army officer, her life on stage came to a close, but her stories were still flowing. Knowing well the "life of the Army," many of Ms. Lambert's books are set on Army posts throughout the United States.
Legend has it that her stories started as bedtime stories for her children while they were overseas. Each night, the author would tell the next "installment" of the series. Later, after her kids were grown, she penned one of her stories (Star Spangled Summer) and—according to legend—it was sold to a publisher the very day after she sent it to them.
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February 7, 2026
2026 Reread
Oh Tippy, Tippy! So much growing up and facing a world that wasn't the safe, happy, carefree place it was when you were younger. I could cry in this book just from the hurt Tippy feels from what is going on with friends and family and the world.
3.5
Oh, Peter! Oh, Tippy! Oh, Ken!
Peter is just so sweet and steady. Every book I've read with Peter in it just makes me like him a little more.
Tippy, Tippy, life can't be the same it was when you left America. You've been gone a year. Life goes on, things change. Even your best friend can change in a year.
Ken, I do admire you, but . . .
Of course the rest of the Parrish family come in for their part of this delightful story. Each one is so dear in their own way, well, except Bobby. He drives me as crazy as he does Tippy.
My only complaints for this book are the euphemisms that are used, and that there is some smoking. This is not a Christian book, but it does have good morals and advice.
Oh Tippy, Tippy! So much growing up and facing a world that wasn't the safe, happy, carefree place it was when you were younger. I could cry in this book just from the hurt Tippy feels from what is going on with friends and family and the world.
3.5
Oh, Peter! Oh, Tippy! Oh, Ken!
Peter is just so sweet and steady. Every book I've read with Peter in it just makes me like him a little more.
Tippy, Tippy, life can't be the same it was when you left America. You've been gone a year. Life goes on, things change. Even your best friend can change in a year.
Ken, I do admire you, but . . .
Of course the rest of the Parrish family come in for their part of this delightful story. Each one is so dear in their own way, well, except Bobby. He drives me as crazy as he does Tippy.
My only complaints for this book are the euphemisms that are used, and that there is some smoking. This is not a Christian book, but it does have good morals and advice.
May 22, 2013
Found the original printed copy in an antique store. Got it because she was dating a cadet at West Point. Enjoyed learning about the cadet dating "process" back then. Where they met the girl. Plebes couldn't attend dances, just movies....so a girlfriend of a plebe might dance with many others...and possibly no longer be his girlfriend! Learned about Governer's Island being a place where military quarters were. Lots of going in and out of NYC for a military family. She wouldn't have had the kind of money needed to shop at NYC stores....but it was cool to read about.
Neat, light read. some good realism as far as her trying to decide who she loved vs a book where I thought it would all be about the one cadet and catching him as a husband.
Enjoyed. Hope to read more of miss Tippy series and others.
Neat, light read. some good realism as far as her trying to decide who she loved vs a book where I thought it would all be about the one cadet and catching him as a husband.
Enjoyed. Hope to read more of miss Tippy series and others.
February 27, 2017
Tippy and her parents are back in the U.S. and while she's happy to be home with her extended family and old friends, she still feels out of place. Most of her friends from the old days are off at college, working, or other things and Tippy isn't certain where she needs to go next so she tries to keep busy helping set up their new home, bouncing back and forth between her elder siblings' homes, and running up to West Point to visit Peter Jordon.
And, with all of this, Tippy finds herself lonely and confused, especially when she thinks about Peter Jordon and Ken Prescott....Peter is right there; he loves her and she cares for him but is she in love with him? Ken is still in Germany and she cares for him too. On top of that, her best friend Alice seems distant, adding to the confusion.
And, with all of this, Tippy finds herself lonely and confused, especially when she thinks about Peter Jordon and Ken Prescott....Peter is right there; he loves her and she cares for him but is she in love with him? Ken is still in Germany and she cares for him too. On top of that, her best friend Alice seems distant, adding to the confusion.
May 25, 2021
This third book about Tippy brings her back to the United States full of confusion about her role in life and her affections. Which of two wonderful young men does she truly love? In the previous book, Tippy (16) spends most of her time in the company of Lt. Ken Prescott, who becomes genuinely concerned about his growing affection for a young girl and works hard at maintaining a platonic friendship.
In this book, Tippy is back with her old friends, including Peter Jordon, now an upper-classman at West Point, football star, and all-around heroic guy--who is totally devoted to Tippy. Tippy loves Peter . . . but she loves Ken too. Both men want her, but which of them has her heart?
An old-fashioned version of the love triangle, sweetly laid out. Both Ken and Peter are great guys, yet the condescending attitude of these 1950's men toward the women in their lives does grate on the nerves a bit. But that's how it was!
In this book, Tippy is back with her old friends, including Peter Jordon, now an upper-classman at West Point, football star, and all-around heroic guy--who is totally devoted to Tippy. Tippy loves Peter . . . but she loves Ken too. Both men want her, but which of them has her heart?
An old-fashioned version of the love triangle, sweetly laid out. Both Ken and Peter are great guys, yet the condescending attitude of these 1950's men toward the women in their lives does grate on the nerves a bit. But that's how it was!
December 18, 2014
This is a multifaceted book and one of the best Janet Lambert books I've read. It brings together Lambert's two biggest series, the Parrishes and the Jordans, plus mentions her Drayton series characters. The warmth of all of Lambert's characters shines through.
Tippy Parrish returns home from a year in post-war Germany and is surprised to find that things have changed in that year. Tippy's best friend, Alice Jordan, seems to be more secretive. Once they had made a pact to marry each others brother. Now Alice is secretive and Tippy doesn't even know what is going on with her brother Bobby away at West Point. Tippy doesn't know if her love lies with Peter Jordan, now in his last year as a West Point cadet, or handsome Ken Prescott, a Lieutenant serving in Germany. The book ends with war looming in Korea and the entire Parrish and Jordan families are forced to make decisions.
Tippy Parrish returns home from a year in post-war Germany and is surprised to find that things have changed in that year. Tippy's best friend, Alice Jordan, seems to be more secretive. Once they had made a pact to marry each others brother. Now Alice is secretive and Tippy doesn't even know what is going on with her brother Bobby away at West Point. Tippy doesn't know if her love lies with Peter Jordan, now in his last year as a West Point cadet, or handsome Ken Prescott, a Lieutenant serving in Germany. The book ends with war looming in Korea and the entire Parrish and Jordan families are forced to make decisions.
July 10, 2014
(3.5 Stars)
Just when I think this are getting predictable or stereotypical, they surprise me.
Right now, I'm remembering the episode of friends where Joey puts little women in the freezer because he's afraid Beth is going to die. Based on the titles of the next 3 books (Don't Cry Little Girl, Rainbow After Rain, and Welcome Home, Mrs. Jordan), I think the future does not bode well for Mr. Ken Prescott...
Just when I think this are getting predictable or stereotypical, they surprise me.
Right now, I'm remembering the episode of friends where Joey puts little women in the freezer because he's afraid Beth is going to die. Based on the titles of the next 3 books (Don't Cry Little Girl, Rainbow After Rain, and Welcome Home, Mrs. Jordan), I think the future does not bode well for Mr. Ken Prescott...
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