Coyote wrote about reading Jack London. I remember reading one book, I think it was London, about a family of partridges. I enjoyed it immensely as the babies faced the world with their mother and some were slowly picked off by the animals, etc. Great story. I too, enjoyed Valley of the Dolls though was much older than that when I read it. I was pretty slow, didn't know about the birds and the bees until 14 or so, and then all the facts were not clear. Never got any info from my parents, had to learn it all myself. At 14 was when I learned that a girl had to do more than like a boy to get pregnant.
Mack > I read everything I could get my hands on when I was a kid. Most of my favorite little kids books have been mentioned, except one -- Call of the Wild. But, my most secret book was Valley of the Dolls. Banned in our quasi Ozzie and Harrietish household, at about age 9 or ten, I struck gold when I saw our neighbor's, the divorced Mrs. Teal with painted toenails, copy in the alley trash can. I sneaked it inside to my room and read it every night. I never got caught. It was so sexy - at least what I understood, which wasn't a lot. There was one word I read and read and didn't understand: sonofabitch. Took me a while to figure out what it meant. I still have that paperback in my blue trunk-o-memories. > > No regrets, > > Coyote Rick > Casa Alegre > Hollywood, California
