Maid Mary Anne (The Baby-Sitters Club #66)

I gave this book two stars because this isn’t the best book I ever read. It was just a little blam in my opinion.

Satisfied

While I personally wasn’t thrilled with the intricacies of sewing, some other readers may be. However, I struggled through those parts and found a golden gem of a lesson here which I won’t give away to readers. The sub-plot is the ever-present-in-the-world struggle to overcome gender stereotypes. My one bone to pick ( a little iffy): When Maryann says no to Logan and yes to Mrs. Towne, could Dawn not have stepped in and volunteered to go to the woman’s house? What did I miss there? In order for a plot to work, all chess pieces should be in place. In real life, even a pushover like Maryann would have been able to call on a helper for at least one occasion. That being said, it’s still a winning installment in the series. And, thankfully, I think Claire and her dreaded “silly-billy-goo-goo” is only mentioned one time. I just got done with “Boy Crazy Stacey” and Clare was working my nerves, for sure!

This book was awesome! It was about how Mary Anne helped out an ederly neighbor, Mrs. Towne, who later on became her friend. But she only became her friend after they communicated. They had to beceause, unknowingly, Mrs. Towne was taking advantage of poor Mary Anne.
At first, I was skeptical about this book. It looked like Mary Anne was so dull she couldn’t solve her own problems! But you can’t judge a book by its cover, so I read it. Very good and well written. I liked it because Mary Anne really stood up for herself in the end, and that’s what communicating is about: making yourself and your point clear to all who hear you. I was glad when Mary Anne realized that whether or not she hurt Mrs. Towne’s feelings, she owed it to herself to explain HER feelings.
You will like this book if you have trouble sticking up for yourself, or if you just want to read it on a rainy Sunday, like I did. Rainy Sundays are THE best time to catch up on good reading as this.

Basically this book is about when Mary Anne starts helping a woman named Mrs. Towne, who becomes her friend and then needs help becasue she breaks her ankle. At first Mary Anne is happy to help, but then it gets stressful and unlikeable. And then she questions herself, is she supposed to help Mrs. Towne, or be her Maid?

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