Book description
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Likened to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, What Katy Did Next is a
timeless classic for both children and adults to enjoy.
The story of Katy Carr, the lanky, good-hearted tomboy who learns to be
gentle and patient, is continued in this third instalment of Susan
Coolidge's popular Katy series. When Mrs Ashe, a widower, discovers that
her visiting nephew has scarlet fever, she sends her only daughter Amy
to stay with the Carr family. Amy finds a true friend in Katy Carr, and
Mrs Ashe invites Katy to join them on a trip to Europe. After some
initial reluctance, she agrees.
We follow Katy as she is reunited with her old friends from Hillsover,
including the mischievous Rose Red Browne. Katy's journey takes her to
rainy England, where she finds out what constitutes a 'fine day' for the
English and what a Dickens-commended muffin tastes like. The Carr family
from her most popular Katy series was modelled on Coolidge's own family,
with the protagonist Katy modelled on Coolidge herself. Susan Coolidge
was born Sarah Chauncey Woolsey in 1835 in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked
as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she began to
write. She lived with her parents in their house in Rhode Island until
she died.
