Christine Author:Josephine Lwrence My mom's grandmother said that these books were like Shirley Temple -- books bought for mothers so that they could imagine having daughters like that. My grandmother and my mother collected any JL books they could and loved them imagining themselves to be the heroines, and something in me hopes that I'll find the kind of female friend who wants... more » to be like her heroines, too. There isn't much online about this author, but I agree with this author's assessment.