Elsie J Oxenham
THE ABBEY GIRLS AGAIN
( Jan. 21, 2020)
This is the book that introduces Mary-Dorothy and her sister, 'bad girl' Biddy, and it was something of a disappointment in that it seemed as if it should have been a major event, but really nothing much happens in the book. Mary and Biddy meet Jen and Joy and are taken under their wings (which is to say, the Abbey girls try and make them into the kind of girls they make everyone into.)
Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.—Helen, on Goodreads.com.
Taken in terms of the series as a whole, however, it's not without interest. This establishes Mary as a shrinking, lifeless character, and in the books to come we really get to see her grow and become an increasingly important figure in the lives of those around her. It also shows Biddy as she always is; caught between her 'business' side (the side we're not meant to approve of, of course) and her 'nice' side. (Can you tell I have a soft spot for Biddy?) Meanwhile, Joy (who is at her best here, lacking neither self-awareness nor compassion.—Helen, on Goodreads.com.
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