I think I might start reading this one aloud to my daughter it’s a truly timeless story that I hope she’ll enjoy just as much as I did. The book has an almost fairytale happily-ever-after ending, which is entirely satisfying in a book of this sort. It captures the experience of falling in love with a place perfectly, and Mandy is a great heroine, with her longing for a home she’s never known driving her to commit all sorts of childhood crimes - lying, stealing, and being mean to her best friend. Description from Amazon: Mandy, the first children’s novel ever written by the beloved star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews, is a modern classic.Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams. Mandy (The Enchanting First Novel By Julie Edwards) / ISBN 0553075012 (4 copies separate) Mandy / Edwards, Julie Andrews / ISBN 0060218037. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Mandy is a sweet story about a little girl in an English orphanage who finds an abandoned cottage in the woods and sets out to make it her own special place. Mandy (Julie Andrews Collection) by Edwards, Julie Andrews (2006) Paperback (1 copy separate) mandy/edwards, julie (1 copy separate) Mandy/Edwards, Julie/ISBN 0061207071 (1 copy separate) Mandy/Edwards, Julie. All about Editions: Mandy by Julie Andrews. Both this one and her Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles were childhood favourites of mine. The “Julie Edwards” who wrote this book is actually “Julie Andrews” of Mary Poppins and Sound of Music fame - she went through a period of writing children’s books under her married name in the 70s (Her name appears as Julie Andrews Edwards on newer editions).
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