Comments on: A literary mystery

By: Readerly Person

Readerly Person — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:05:23 +0000

Neither, really – I'm just connected! I belong to a community on livejournal called "whatwasthatbook". Its sole purpose is to help readers find books they've partially forgotten (best idea ever), so when I read this post I immediately jumped over there. It took some time, but my fellow readers came through. Those people rock – I haven't seen them stumped yet.

– Rebecca

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:44:27 +0000

I'm Lauren's friend whose mystery this was. Rebecca, _Nice Little Girls_ is absolutely the right book, and I feel like a massive weight has been lifted from my shoulders! Thank you! I've been trying to figure this out for years at this point. (I have also come to realize that my memory of the plot was a little off.) I've already placed an order on Amazon and can't wait to force everyone I know to listen to me read it.

Thank you, again!

~Nell

By: Readerly Person

Readerly Person — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:49:16 +0000

I've got Nice Little Girls, by Elizabeth Levy. Is this it?

- Rebecca

By: Suze

Suze — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:29:00 +0000

I'm sorry, I don't know it. But the theme and story sounds like a foreign book translated into English. Good Luck

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:37:41 +0000

Reminds me of Harold and the Purple Crayon or something I saw on Sesame Street.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:59:04 +0000

I don't think this is it, but it brings to mind a children's series from Belgium written in French. The young girl's name is Martine. Her dog, Patapouf, and her cat, Moustache, are her loyal companions, as well as Jean, her older brother. One of the books is entitled 'La leçon de dessin" (The lesson in drawing). There are 59 titles that began in 1954, about one a year. A new one is scheduled for 2010. Hope that helps, but I can't guarantee it!

By: A.B. Fenner

A.B. Fenner — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:01:30 +0000

Unfortunately, I don't know the book. Sounds like a fun one, though!

Did anyone else click over to the BoyKrazy video? Wow, walk down memory lane! Also, I totally didn't remember that Uma Thurman was in that band! (Seriously, one of the singers is a dead ringer. It's bizarre.)

By: Liesl

Liesl — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:45:37 +0000

If no one come ups with an answer, go to http://www.chacha.com/

You can ask them just about anything and they'll research it until they find and answer for you. I'm not sure it's free anymore, but I've heard you can get the answer to just about any question, including if you should get married or have a child, who starred in you favorite childhood movie or what kind of underwear to buy. I'll bet they can handle a long lost favorite book so fully described.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:48:49 +0000

Well, me and my husband (we're more curious than cats) googled it upside down. The closest we've got was this book - Mr Brown and his Magic Moustache, by Monica Tap, & Martha Jablonski-Jones. It has 39p, and was published in 1979.
Unfortunately there's no review of the book available anywhere, so we can't ensure that's the one. We weren't born in those years, so this is the closest we can get. Hope it helps!

Elda & Ricardo Veyller.

By: Mary McDonald

Mary McDonald — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:41:18 +0000

Wow, that sounds vaguely familiar, and it's right in my era. Hmm…now it's going to drive me nuts too!