![]() ![]() Rather a nice respite from depression and suicide. Also, we get some gentle lessons about gravity and its effects. She has a few adventures on the way to Mars and back. When she regains consciousness, she finds she's in a rocket ship headed for Mars. She climbs up the construction to give the people inside a piece of her mind, and the next things she knows, the doors close, there are some explosions, she passes out. ![]() Worse, she finds that there's a giant construction in her pasture. On the other hand, she will admit to having learned rather a lot from their chatter.Īnyway, after visiting them, she arrives home to her peace and quiet, only to find that someone has been in her house. But, once a year, she spends a month with her seven nieces and nephews in the city. She's happy and content to be away from people and noise. Miss Pickerell is a spinster who lives alone on a small, isolated farm with her pet cow and her prize rock collection. What better thing to read than a novella (19,430 words, I counted them) written for children, wherein the main character has a pet cow and we are treated to some gentle science lessons? After Sylvia Plath, I needed something that wouldn't tax my emotions. ![]()
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