Tru and Nelle

Author Greg Neri has created a pearl in his children’s book Tru and Nelle, which gives readers a glimpse into the lives of the dainty dandy Truman Streckfus Persons and the neglected tomboy Nelle Lee before they, respectively, turned into the legendary writers Truman Capote and Harper Lee. Crafted a......more

It's always interesting to get the backstory of favorite authors, and in this case, two of mine! That Harper Lee should have grown up with Truman Capote was a mind blower for me since they only seemed to have a southern accent in common. That they should have had time together, and then wrote togeth......more

Anyone who knows me knows To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book of all time. Oddly, I've had an ARC of this sitting on my to read stack for months and have just now gotten around to reading it. I think in part I was put off by the large print and wide margins (though I read enough children's lit......more

Como leí en otra opinión de goodreads el libro puede ser protagonizado por cualquier niño que tenga ciertas características, lo que lo hace especial es que sean Tru y Nelle; aunque si no conociéramos a dichos escritores probablemente pasaría a ser algo sin importancia. Lo que quiero decir con esto e......more

Muy entretenido y conmovedor, narra la amistad durante la niñez de estas dos personas tan exitosas de la literatura contemporánea estadounidense.......more