Linda Lane,

by Josephine Lawrence

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1925

About the author

A versatile and prolific author, Josephine Lawrence began her career in journalism, soon branched out to ghostwrite girls' and tots' series under her own name and pseudonymously, then went on to earn national recognition for her adult fiction. When she died in 1978, she had written 33 adult novels and approximately 100 children's books. Despite Lawrence's many publications, biographical information about her remains sparse, scattered among a number of brief articles and reviews of her books. This webpage attempts to remedy that lack of information by providing a detailed bio-bibliography of a noteworthy -- and too often overlooked -- woman writer.

Reviews

[Yo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely! I hope to find my own copy so I can reread it over and over, even though it’s out of print and hard to find.

Linda is an orphan who has trouble finding a permanent family who will take her in. She gets taken in by a kind older lady named Mrs. Gilly and they get along swimmingly. The rest of the book describes her day to day and adventures that happen in the little town. We get to see her and Mrs. Gilly grow closer together and how Linda saves the day again and again!

[Deanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my childhood favorites. My grandmother had the series of 6 books which she divided between my cousin and myself. We swapped them at one point so we each could read the whole series. Several years ago I was able to find the ones I didn't have so now I have the whole series. Charming!