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Tuesday's Child
Although Grace intends to become the first female in baseball's big leagues, Grace's mother insists she take ballet lessons on the very days her little league team practices and plays.
112 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1984
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January 24, 2025
ground zero for discussions of subverting gender roles in my house tbh. think i tandem read this w/ a nancy van pelt parenting book which is BONKERS tbh i was just reading anything as a kid #resourceful #underfundedlibraries #precocious.
no but srsly. poring over the ideas of how srs familial and societal expectations were...all of it was so nourishing to see excised and denounced in the light of day on page. grace's righteous indignation, her reverence and discipline for baseball. nostalgia's heavy w/ this one. i will always have a soft spot for stories centering young girls grappling w/ their identities amidst the complexities of changing family dynamics. heartfelt. bittersweet. awkward. endearing. resonant.
also the poem it's based off goes crazy to this day i will never forget the psychic damage reading "...wednesday's child is full of woe..." like...? what'd EYE do to deserve this stray??? lmao.
no but srsly. poring over the ideas of how srs familial and societal expectations were...all of it was so nourishing to see excised and denounced in the light of day on page. grace's righteous indignation, her reverence and discipline for baseball. nostalgia's heavy w/ this one. i will always have a soft spot for stories centering young girls grappling w/ their identities amidst the complexities of changing family dynamics. heartfelt. bittersweet. awkward. endearing. resonant.
also the poem it's based off goes crazy to this day i will never forget the psychic damage reading "...wednesday's child is full of woe..." like...? what'd EYE do to deserve this stray??? lmao.
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