Betsy and the Great World/Betsy's Wedding($17.60Value)

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“There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.” - Anna Quindlen With a Foreword by Anna Quindlen The adventures of Betsy Ray continue in this treasured collection featuring the final two books in the series, Betsy and the Great World and Betsy’s Wedding . Now a young woman with ambitions of becoming a writer, in Betsy and the Great World , Betsy embarks on the journey of a lifetime: a grand tour of Europe. From the artistic energy of Munich to the enchanting canals of Venice and the historic streets of London, she soaks in the culture of the Great World, gathering experiences that will shape her future. But when the outbreak of World War I brings her travels to an abrupt end, Betsy returns home in Betsy’s Wedding to Minnesota and her high school sweetheart, Joe Willard. This charming novel follows their sweet romance as they finally get married, find their first little house on Canoe Place and navigate the joys and challenges of newlywed life in the early 20th century. It’s a story about growing up, finding your place in the world and building a home filled with love. Featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen, cover art illustrated by Vera Neville from the original 1952 publication of Betsy and the Great World , interior illustrations by Neville, along with archival material and photos of Maud Hart Lovelace, her friends and the town of Mankato, MN, the basis for Deep Valley. Many of places and homes from the books can still be seen today, including Betsy’s and Tacy’s childhood homes, which are available to tour thanks to the Betsy-Tacy Society. Read all the books in the classic Betsy-Tacy series, which follows aspiring writer Betsy Ray and her friends from the age of five through to Betsy’s post-high school travel in pre-WWI Europe and her wedding, spanning the first decade of the 1900s and beyond. These iconic stories, based in large part on Maud Hart Lovelace’s own childhood, teenage years and young adulthood in Mankato (Deep Valley), MN have been beloved by generations of readers and authors alike: The Betsy-Tacy Books Betsy-Tacy Betsy, Tacy and Tib Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown Also available in the four-volume omnibus The Betsy-Tacy Treasury Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself (two-volume omnibus) Betsy Was a Junior/Betsy and Joe (two-volume omnibus) Betsy and the Great World/Betsy’s Wedding (two-volume omnibus) The Deep Valley Books (books about other characters in Betsy’s Crowd and town): Carney’s House Party/Winona’s Pony Cart (two-volume omnibus) Emily of Deep Valley “Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories.” - Esther Hautzig, award-winning author, former Director of Children's Book Promotion for Thomas Y. Crowell Co., and former publicist for Betsy's Wedding in 1955 “I truly consider BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN to be the finest novel in the English language! I will never love any other books as much as I love the Betsy-Tacy books.” - Claudia Mills, children's book author, winner of National Book Award and Golden Kite Award “I grew up 30 miles north of Mankato, and trips to town were filled with mystery and magic, because I was walking the same streets that Betsy and Tacy once walked. The Betsy-Tacy books...., more than any other books, fed my dream of becoming a writer one day.” - Jill Kalz, 2008 MN Book Awards Readers' Choice Award winner “When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib....in the series by Maud Hart Lovelace... - three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun.” - Johanna Hurwitz, award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers “I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern.” - Laura Lippman “Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It’s always a pleasure to live in Betsy’s world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows.” - Meg Cabot “There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.” - Anna Quindlen “Some characters become your friends for life. That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.” - Judy Blume, bestselling author “The Betsy-Tacy books were among my favorites when I was growing up.” - Nora Ephron, Academy Award-nominated director “I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray’s…As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny’s childhood-a gift to me from