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When I Was a Little Girl

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A series of lyrical childhood vignettes narrated by an adult who recalls her young self, capturing the wonder, impatience with time, and imaginative play of early years. Episodes move between domestic scenes, neighborhood games, picnics, dolls, and improvised pageants, often slipping into mythic or fanciful reverie. The pieces examine how children experience time, rules, and social expectations while discovering solitude, friendship, and creative escape. The voice shifts among playful, tender, and quietly melancholy registers, assembling a mosaic of memory that highlights small domestic rituals alongside the vivid inner life and make-believe that shape a child’s world.

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Title: When I Was a Little Girl

Author: Zona Gale

Illustrator: Agnes Pelton

Release date: October 8, 2019 [eBook #60457]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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