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Post by zoar3 on Mar 29, 2013 16:59:20 GMT -5
^Thank you, Virgo. I just checked Karen's Wish and starting on page 70 we read about Grandma B spending Hanukkah with Nancy and her family.
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Post by Honeybee on Nov 5, 2013 0:48:05 GMT -5
So, I reread this book. Since, my late grandma pass away this year. I thought, I should reread this book again.
I wasn't afraid of old people, when I was kid.
I think, what made Nancy scared of elderly people. Maybe their was an incident, when she was younger. The Dawes family go to Synagogue. So, wouldn't their be elderly people at the Synagogue?
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 5, 2013 11:23:54 GMT -5
Just plain unfamiliarity I should think.
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Post by zoar3 on May 6, 2014 20:03:52 GMT -5
I just reread and really enjoyed. One thing that jumped out at me this time around is that not one comment was made about the other Grandparents adopted by the KIMCC. I understand this story was about Karen and Grandma B and Nancy and Big Mama , but wasn't it odd (or is it just me)? that we don't even know the names of any of the others not even Hannie's. I think it said 10 of the KIMCC participated and that there were 6 women and 4 men. I would have enjoyed reading about one of the Grandpas, maybe Ricky's and just having the story be a little fuller that way. Did Nancy keep in touch with Big Mama and Big Daddy after this book? I don't remember but hope she did. I also realized once again how much better I like Nannie typically in the LS than BSC. In this story she and Karen talk about grandparents and grandchildren and Nannie assures Karen that she (Nannie) loves each and every one of her grand-kids be no matter how they came into her life (biologically, step, or adopted) I really liked that scene and wish Nannie had shown the same compassion in Karen's Birthday but won't get into that (again) here.
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Post by Honeybee on May 6, 2014 21:01:16 GMT -5
^I'll like, to know who Hannie had for a grandma in the program & the other kids as well.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Aug 1, 2017 23:41:54 GMT -5
^I'll like, to know who Hannie had for a grandma in the program & the other kids as well. Oh yea that would have been neat to see. Maybe a KiMCC's book.
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Post by Katie on Oct 20, 2017 0:59:38 GMT -5
I wonder how Nancy ended up with no grandparents whatsoever. Were all 4 deceased? Did her parents just have bad relationships with them? I wonder what the back story is there
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Oct 20, 2017 1:31:55 GMT -5
I wonder how Nancy ended up with no grandparents whatsoever. Were all 4 deceased? Did her parents just have bad relationships with them? I wonder what the back story is there I'm just gonna take a whack at it and say they were all deceased. Tragic I know but realistic I think.
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Post by candykane on Sept 23, 2021 20:17:54 GMT -5
I just read this one for the first time. I could relate to Nancy's fears about old people...I wasn't exactly afraid of old people when I was a kid, but felt uncomfortable around them. My grandpa died when I was fairly young and my grandma wasn't the cookie-baking, loving grandmother type, so I missed out on a lot of grandparent bonding that probably would have helped me feel less awkward around older people. I liked Karen setting up the pen pal relationship between her Nebraska grandma and Nancy. And I thought she handled her jealousy pretty well (when Nancy got the mittens in the mail).
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 23, 2021 23:06:39 GMT -5
so I missed out on a lot of grandparent bonding that probably would have helped me feel less awkward around older people. Same! My mom’s dad died when I was ten and her mom spoke mostly Spanish and I didn’t so we didn’t really bond. She died when I was college age. I never knew my dad’s parents. Growing up I was never comfortable around older people. I think it’s really nice that this was the focus of an LS book.
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Post by sparklymouse on Sept 24, 2021 9:12:27 GMT -5
All of my grandparents lived in a different state, so I only saw them a few days a year. My mom’s mom and stepfather were mid 50s when I was Karen’s age. My grandma would ride a bike better than I did, lol. My dad’s parents were 20 years older and not “fun” to me. I have been an old man magnet all my life. Chatty grandpas like talking to me. 😝
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 24, 2021 15:46:20 GMT -5
Lol! They must sense you have an old soul.
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 4, 2023 18:12:28 GMT -5
I understand Nancy's old people discomfort. Elderly people turn back into children in a lot of ways, and kids also make me very uncomfortable. I also wonder just how old these "old" people were. The nursing home folks were likely legitimately old. But, when I was Nancy's age I thought everyone over 16 was crazy old. (I have very poor judgement of age. I saw my 1st grade teacher's obituary recently. I thought she was like 75 when she was teaching me. She was apparently 58, lol.) I liked how Grandma B. was carrying her purse around the nursing home when Karen met her. That was very Sophia Petrillo of her. I loved that Karen didn't know for sure if Esther was a man or a woman's name. I felt for Karen. Week after week of "violin" music, slow dancing with an old lady, and looking at pictures of strangers sounds like hell. A couple of people mentioned how it was weird that Karen didn't like music and dancing in this, but she did just a few books later. She did, though. She specifically said that she liked radio music with rhythm and drums and "words" (lol). Karen started gymnastics at the end of this. She tried a cartwheel and fell on her butt. Nineteen books later she still couldn't do a cartwheel. I don't have upper body strength either, Karen.
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