The Doll People by Ann M. Martin6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Forty-five years gone and Annabelle is itching to find out what happened to her. She is contemplating the long time disappearance of her Auntie Sarah after discovering her missing journal. ![]() Annabelle Doll, a china doll who has lived in the same dollhouse with her family for over one hundred years belonging to many generations of girls. The Doll People starts with a mystery and a discovery. It is a book that, I think, hasn’t received the recognition it deserves. Martin who wrote the Babysitters Club series and the Newbery Honor award winning book A Corner of the Universe. One of my best memories about Molly is finding the gem, The Doll People by Ann M. We spent a lot of time at my local library and book stores finding books and sharing stories. ![]() Molly is an avid reader and I hope I was influential in this quality. When visiting my niece in her new college apartment, I began reminiscing about the times we spent together when she was younger. ![]() Now our world has become laced with technology, busy-ness, and not enough real time spent with each other. I long for the days when their world revolved around spending time playing with dolls, telling stories in the dark, playing games, and talking. Noticing how my nieces and nephew have grown up beyond their small insulated family world when we shared hours together. ![]()
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