The Saturdays - Softcover

Enright, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 0140383956 ISBN 13: 9780140383959

Publisher: Puffin, 1997

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Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on the Saturday that is his turn to receive the combined allowance

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"Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences." -- "The New York Times""" "The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant." -- "Publishers Weekly"

Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. "The New York Times"

The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. "Publishers Weekly""

Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. The New York Times

The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. Publishers Weekly

"Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences." --The New York Times

"The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Elizabeth Enright (1909-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright's original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and the Parson's School of Design in New York City. After creating her first book in 1937, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing.

Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, starting with The Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, The Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Yale Review, Harper's, and The Saturday Evening Post. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright's stories are for both the young and the young at heart.

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