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Patty at Home
Carolyn Wells
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"Yes, I have," said Patty; "she is so decided that, with all her sweetness, I have sometimes been tempted to call her stubborn."
"Stubbornness and decision of character are very closely allied; but now, we're going to select the furniture for your own bedroom, and if you have any decision of character, you will have ample opportunity to exercise it."
"Oh, I'll have plenty of decision of character when it comes to that," said Patty; "you will find me a true Fairfield."
Aided by her father's judgment and advice, Patty selected the furnishings for her own room. She had chosen green as the predominant colour, and the couch and easy-chairs were upholstered in a lovely design of green and. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Revisiting these stories is such a joy. They are sweet simple books. Are they perfect? No, however, they are a nice change of pace. I want to read the whole series this year.
2013 review
Another lovely Patty book! I just loved Patty learning to run a home, making friends, and attending her first ball.
Had this whole series as a girl and read them over and over. Would still have them plus all my FE Stratton Porter's if my in-laws hasn't sold them all at a garage sale....
Very old fashioned stories of turn-of-the-century life of a wealthy young fatherless girl.
Cute, no big surprises, still reminding me a lot of a couple of Louisa May Alcott's books. Very pleasant, old-fashioned, light reading.
Pure fluff but wholesome and entertaining. I guess adolescence wasn't invented until the 1920s. Didn't nice girls ever have ANY interest in the opposite sex until age 20 or so? Even so, a pleasant glimpse into turn of the century youth literature.
The second in the Patty Fairfield series, that was one of my mother's books growing up, and I am now reading on Kindle, as they are out of print. This one has the 15 year old young woman managing her father's home, and how she entertains, and sometimes makes "mistakes". It's from a by-gone era, and
In this sequel to "Patty Fairfield", she sets up housekeeping for her father and sometimes succeeds, sometimes makes a mess of things. A small amount of "household management by example (good and bad)" didacticism goes down smoothly. I enjoyed a couple clever, funny scenes involving the servants, bu
Excellent second book. Instructive as well as entertaining and well written.