Sallie might not be for everyone, but we get each other. As a result, she really grows up over the course of the book. Despite her stubbornness and conviction that she is always right (to be fair, she usually is), she is still able to learn, admitting when she is wrong and sticking her neck out when she knows she isn’t. She goes into a job that she is wholly unqualified for with all her heart. But I was clearly doing a disservice to Judy and her ability to pick baller friends, because Sallie is also awesome. I was really worried to read this book because Judy is pretty much my SOUL MATE, and I couldn’t imagine how a sequel in which she isn’t actually present could be anything but disappointing. The story is told in letters from Sallie to Judy, Jervis, and Gordon, as well as a heated correspondence with the orphanage doctor, one Robin MacRae that Sallie insists on addressing “Dear Enemy.” Being both stubborn and ginger, she sets out to prove him wrong.ĭespite her initial protestations and complaints about the job, Sallie soon finds that she will entrust no one else with her orphans and gets to work fixing up the place. Sallie isn’t having any of it until her Gentleman Caller, handsome politician-type Gordon Hallock, basically laughs in her face at the idea of Sallie running an orphanage. MARRY ME, JERVIS PENDLETON!Īnyway, Judy and Jervis try to con Judy’s BFF, Sallie McBride into being the new superintendent in charge of fixing the JGH. In fact, Jervie has just gifted Judy the present of making over her old orphanage, the John Grier Home, because that is apparently what passes for appropriate gift-giving amongst Hot Fabian Socialist Husbands. I just threw up the title page in the header because I couldn’t bring myself to post any of these.Ī few years after the events of Daddy-Long-Legs, Judy and Jervis are enjoying being the most enviable married couple on the planet. I was appalled then by the lack of decent covers, and I’m afraid that its sequel has an even rougher time. If you haven’t read it yet, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?ĭear Enemy is a sequel to Daddy-Long-Legs, a book I reviewed a few weeks back.

Spoiler Alert: This review contains minor spoilers for its predecessor, Daddy-Long-Legs.

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