<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This brand-new edition of Maud Hart Lovelace s beloved works brings together the final two books of the Betsy-Tacy series, Betsy and the Great World and Betsy s Wedding, along with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.--Judy Blume</strong></p><p><strong>With a Foreword by Anna Quindlen </strong></p><p>The final two books in Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series: <em>Betsy and the Great World</em> and <em>Betsy's Wedding</em>, in one volume featuring the original cover illustration from <em>Betsy and the Great World</em>, along with a foreword by <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Anna Quindlen.</p><p><strong>"There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace." --Anna Quindlen<br/><br/> "Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows." --Meg Cabot<br/><br/>"I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern." </strong><strong>--</strong><strong>Laura Lippman</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><em>Betsy and the Great World</em>: Betsy Ray is twenty-one and on the adventure of a lifetime: a solo tour of Europe! There's even a handsome Italian, Marco, who's going overboard for her--if only she could stop thinking about her ex-sweetheart Joe Willard.</p><p><em>Betsy's Wedding</em>: When Betsy's boat docks in New York, Joe is waiting there . . . with a ring! But she's going to learn that marriage isn't all candlelight, roses, and kisses. There's also cooking, ironing, cleaning, and budgeting-- and will she be able to find time to forge a writing career?</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories."--Esther Hautzig, award-winning author, former Director of Children's Book Promotion for Thomas Y. Crowell Co., and former publicist for Betsy's Wedding in 1955<br><br>"I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray's...As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace."--Ann M. Martin, creator/author of The Baby-sitters Club<br><br>"I grew up 30 miles north of Mankato, and trips to town were filled with mystery and magic, because I was walking the same streets that Betsy and Tacy once walked. The Betsy-Tacy books...., more than any other books, fed my dream of becoming a writer one day."--Jill Kalz, 2008 MN Book Awards Readers' Choice Award winner<br><br>"I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern."--Laura Lippman<br><br>"I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy-Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. What a wonderful world it was!"--Bette Midler, actor and singer<br><br>"I truly consider BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN to be the finest novel in the English language! I will never love any other books as much as I love the Betsy-Tacy books."--Claudia Mills, children's book author, winner of National Book Award and Golden Kite Award<br><br>"Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows."--Meg Cabot<br><br>"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."--Judy Blume, bestselling author<br><br>"The Betsy-Tacy books were among my favorites when I was growing up."--Nora Ephron, Academy Award-nominated director<br><br>"There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace."--Anna Quindlen<br><br>"When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib....in the series by Maud Hart Lovelace... - three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun."--Johanna Hurwitz, award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers<br>
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