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Bookswithtea
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 1:19pm \| IP Logged

...the one edited by Karen Andreola.

Has anyone used this book? Do you like it? Is it appropriate for a Catholic family? And if so, what age is it appropriate for?

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ALmom
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 3:44pm \| IP Logged

I liked it and used it with my dd. It sounds a bit like it is out of the 1800s and very definitely has a Protestant approach - but nothing that would be offensive to Catholics or anything - just a different way of making the same point. At least this is what I remember. It definitely was supportive of our approach.

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Posted: July 15 2006 at 6:06am \| IP Logged

I liked it, too, and so started reading it with my 10 year old. We only read a chapter or 1/2 chapter at a time and very infrequently, but it has been a great discussion starter.

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Posted: July 15 2006 at 10:44am \| IP Logged

My daughter really enjoyed reading it when she was about 11 or 12. It was quite old-fashioned but to her that was a strong positive.

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Posted: July 15 2006 at 6:59pm \| IP Logged

Has anyone seen or used the
The Girlhood Home Companion by Jill Novak?

I know they used to have paper copies mailed out but are getting ready to release electronic styled copies. It sounds so sweet...
In Great-Grandmother's day, before "teenagers" and "adolescence," there was a special time in a girl's life that followed Babyhood and Childhood. It was the cherished time
of Girlhood�
I love

the idea of Girlhood as opposed to Tweens or Teens, but they also admit to being inspired mainly by Elsie Dinsmore. Is this one of those Protestant things that'll have me flinging it up against the wall

(well, I guess not, since I'd never do that to my dear laptop

) or will I love it so much it'll become dog-eared by both Marianna and I? Does it go along with Beautiful Girlhood? (it sounds like it should...)

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