![]() Penny From Heaven is warm, funny, and real. Penny From Heaven is based on the childhood stories of Holm's grandmother, and Holm has taken that and made it into fiction, into story, with endnotes and photos explaining the "real" story. Frankie and Penny explore their neighborhood with a great deal of freedom, and have summer days during which they can do whatever they want to do: no camp, no lessons, no structure. On the surface, this is a book that is both an ode to old-fashioned summers and a love letter to Holm's grandmother. Penny's father's family lives close by, and she is also close to them. (And isn't the past always a better time?) Penny and her widowed mother live with Penny's maternal grandparents. We're about to be transported to the past. ![]() The cover reflects the 1950s setting, with Penny (almost 12) and her cousin Frankie leaning against a car, Penny daydreaming, while Frankie has a baseball and mitt. Penny From Heaven appears, at first, to simply be an old-fashioned book. ![]() ![]() Originally published at The Edge of the Forest, Vol 1, Issue 6, August 2006 ![]() Reviewed by Liz Burns, A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy ![]()
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