Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Nancy Drew's Granddaughters

Sunday's NY Times ran this article about Nancy Drew in the news. “I’m amazed by how people can read the same book and have different perspectives,” said Jenn Fisher, 35, an Arizona-based former lawyer who runs Nancy Drew fan conventions." For me, I think, Nancy Drew represented a smart, resourceful girl who could pull anything out of her purse to solve a problem. She could also travel the world at a whim. Our public library did not carry these books, so I had to scrounge to find them. Fortunately, one of my best friends owned copies of the series, so I could borrow them from her (as well as her Archie comic books).

I am sure that if I tried to revisit these books, I would be disappointed, so I just keep Nancy, Bess, George, and Ned in my memory.

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