tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post4760220517416364483..comments2023-12-16T13:01:57.794-08:00Comments on shh, don't wake the DRUNKEN HOUSEWIFE: why, indeedthe Drunken Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606104534453493304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-29628992480699761932008-12-22T21:43:00.000-08:002008-12-22T21:43:00.000-08:00this was one of my all time favorite books as a yo...this was one of my all time favorite books as a youngster. years later, when i actually lived in NYC, i would go to the Met and look for all of the various landmarks. i'd look in the fountains for change and count in my head my loot. <BR/><BR/>fun fact - the author came from the town i grew up in so i felt kindred to her. <BR/><BR/>even now, i want to take polly and run away from my life and live in a museum. i'd dress her up in old costumes and we could sleep on the floors of the temple of darfur. a few years from now, they could find my mummy lying in a sarcophogus with polly curled next to me. our jars of kohl would be within easy reach.hughmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995638646423120399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-6990315071773491212008-12-22T17:46:00.000-08:002008-12-22T17:46:00.000-08:00While I totally agree with you, IUA has a point. ...While I totally agree with you, IUA has a point. The whole letter writing part of that book is odd.<BR/><BR/>I covered that book with Eldest's book club a few years ago and we had such fun planning how to run away. Then they figured out they didn't have enough money to run away. My evil plot worked well.<BR/><BR/>Laggin, Esq.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151264293573254738noreply@blogger.com