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To: A_perfect_lady

No, I haven't heard of Florence King. Do tell! I'm a voracious reader and always willing to check out something new. :o)

13 posted on 05/30/2003 6:11:16 AM PDT by homeschool mama

To: billhilly; Vets_Husband_and_Wife; The Californian; kayak; homeschool mama; A_perfect_lady

If I knew HOW to make a 'ping list' here I would - Anyone know how?

the articles will be keyworder to SCHOOL, HOMESCOOL, EDUCATION, BROGLEY (from now on)

14 posted on 05/30/2003 6:54:44 AM PDT by steplock ( http://www.spadata.com)

To: homeschool mama

Florence King wrote "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady" and a host of other books that are somewhere between auto-biography and social commentary. She is very funny and a lot of her remarks, particularly in the book I just mentioned, are aimed at the public school system. In fact, it's interesting to see the long view through her eyes, I think she's just 10 years younger than Margaret Brogely. She went to school when the Dewey-ites were just coming into power, and King spends a lot of time describing how their foolishness made school miserable for her. It's a funny book.

15 posted on 05/30/2003 7:43:50 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (Let them eat cake.)

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