"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 There's also cooking, ironing, cleaning, and budgeting- and will she be able to find time to forge a writing career? with a ring! But she's going to learn that marriage isn't all candlelight, roses, and kisses. "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 "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 "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 Lippmanīetsy and the Great World: 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.īetsy's Wedding: When Betsy's boat docks in New York, Joe is waiting there. The final two books in Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series: Betsy and the Great World and Betsy's Wedding, in one volume featuring the original cover illustration from Betsy and the Great World, along with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen.
That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."-Judy Blume
"Some characters become your friends for life. About the Book 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."
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