tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post3652267858290615340..comments2024-03-29T09:08:53.181-04:00Comments on The Write Conversation: Rest in Peace, Big AngEdie Melsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902312441667526147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-86310269695075901902016-02-19T17:11:50.976-05:002016-02-19T17:11:50.976-05:00Jacob Have I loved is one of my favorite books. Th...Jacob Have I loved is one of my favorite books. Those unforgettable characters are complicated and endearing at the same time. What a great example!<br />Traci Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714120918967217450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-27444273547718269652016-02-19T10:45:24.851-05:002016-02-19T10:45:24.851-05:00My favorite fiction is almost always written for i...My favorite fiction is almost always written for intermediate reading (grades 4-8 ish). And, among my favorite authors, is Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved, and The Great Gilly Hopkins). In her book The Same Stuff as Stars, the grandma - Erma Morgan - has been treated badly and done some pretty thoughtless things as a result. But I know that her life is built on a foundation of pure love, even when she refuses to visit her dying son's bedside. She is a picture of someone who wants desperately to do the right things, but the past and its demons have her all bottled up. She is a difficult person that you just want to hug.Nancy Burton Wolfe @LivingCenter.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643327814619893694noreply@blogger.com