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This was very much covered in the Dolls of our Lives Pod episode for this book, but it is so interesting to see the original six AG girls struggle more with the expectations of being a young lady vs Maryellen being upset that her family treats her like a baby and striving to be seen as a grown up. That change of perspective adds so much depth to Mom and Joan dressing Maryellen down about front door painting incident

I know it’s 1954 and the Larkins live in a Midcentury Ranch in FL but having your Nine, Six, Four and Two year old all share a room sounds deranged…you know they constantly fighting like cats and dogs

i think its ok i dont really think its that exiciting