Sunday, August 4, 2019

The Velveteen Daughter by Laurel Davis Huber

In 1922, Margery Williams Bianco became famous for her children's book, The Velveteen Rabbit.  She had an equally gifted daughter, Pamela, who became famous as an artistic child prodigy.  Growing up in Europe in a world filled with literary illuminati, the pressure of her early fame led to depression and strained relationships.  Told in alternating view points from both mother and daughter, it is a fascinating look at both the time and the lives of these two women in a Sylvia Plath-ish kind of way.

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