Here Today, Ann M. Martin
Here Today, Ann M. Martin
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Here Today

Author: Ann M. Martin

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2004


Synopsis

Newbery Honor medalist Ann M. Martin's "unforgettable" (Booklist, starred) family story.

In 1963, Ellie's mother, Doris Day Dingman, was crowned the Bosetti Beauty at Mr. Bosetti's supermarket, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the Dingmans began to fall apart." So begins 11-yr-old Eleanor Roosevelt Dingman's story. Ellie, who is about to start 6th grade in the small town of Spectacle, NY, is the oldest child in her off-center family. Her father works construction jobs, while her mother, Doris, has only one dream - to become a rich and famous actress. But when that dream leads to Doris's abandonment of the family, it is Ellie who is called upon to take charge.

About The Author

Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series sold over 176 million copies and inspired a generation of young readers. Her novels include the Main Street series, Belle Teal, the Newbery Honor book A Corner of the Universe, Here Today, A Dog's Life, and On Christmas Eve, as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S., Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More with Paula Danziger, and The Doll People and The Meanest Doll in the World, written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick. She lives in upstate New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah

Everything that I love most about reading is embodied in the novels of Ann M. Martin. She has become the master of the simple story, the type of tale made beautiful not by flashy language and shocking twists, but by the way it mimics the rhythms of real life with such haunting and undeniable truth.......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

I read this book years ago when I was younger and it was my favorite book for a while. I identified with Ellie as I had a mother who did not live with me and a younger sibling who I cared for. It will always be in a special place in my heart, I will never forget it.......more

I give it a four because the beginning is not that interesting, but at the end it gradually became more interesting.......more