![]() ![]() And she discovers things are often not as perfect as they seem. Cooney is the author of Family Reunion Goddess of Yesterday (an ALA Notable. Cooney, Shelley learns to appreciate all the members of her unusual family-including herself!-in ways she never anticipated. A heartwarming look at friendship and family dynamics from the. In this funny and poignant novel by Caroline B. It’s an opportunity to uncover the family’s secrets, but Shelley isn’t sure whether, when she discovers the truth, she’ll laugh or cry. ![]() With Dad away on business and her older sister visiting their mother in Paris, Shelley must face the “perfect” Preffyns’ reunion with only her prankster younger brother and her insecure new stepmother at her side. ![]() It’s not her fault that her real mother walked out on the family or that her father has remarried yet again. Selected Bibliography more less Safe as the Grave (1979) Among Friends (1987) Family Reunion(1989) Twenty Pageants Later (1991) The Cheerleader (1991). Cooney, Shelley learns to appreciate all the members of her unusual family-including herself-in ways she. ![]() It’s not that Shelley has anything against her relatives, she just can’t stand it when they give her that “what a pity” look. In this funny and poignant novel by Caroline B. When the invitation to the Preffyn family reunion arrives interrupting a perfectly decent summer vacation, 15-year-old Shelley Wollcott is anything but enthusiastic. ![]()
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