6/12/2023 0 Comments Anastasia krupnik![]() Learning that she was not alone in even her most humiliating moments, Gilbert writes, was one of the most potent lessons of Cleary’s work. ![]() For my colleague Sophie Gilbert, the author’s depiction of mortification stood out the most. ![]() Many saw their own awkward experiences reflected in those of Cleary’s characters they felt heard by her words. She understood-and respected-children’s inner feelings. The author, who died last week, drew from intense memories of her own early life to write about kids with rare understanding and care. “I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed.” Cleary seems to have been right about that. In a 2011 Atlantic interview, Beverly Cleary shared what she believed to be the reason for her popularity: “I have stayed true to my own memories of childhood, which are not different in many ways from those of children today,” she said. ![]()
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