Project Gutenberg 2017-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 61 Lamers, Mary 1908 Lamers, Mary McGuire Cottage on the Curve Reading ease score: 92.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cottage on the Curve" by Mary Lamers is a novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the Murray family, particularly focusing on the experiences of the young protagonist, Jane Murray, as she navigates her summer adventures at their cottage by Oak Lake amidst the backdrop of post-war nostalgia. The novel blends familial warmth with the innocence of childhood, depicting themes of growth, friendship, and the fleeting joys of summer. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Jane as she reflects on the end of the school year and the onset of summer. She is drawn into her family's lively atmosphere, where her interactions with her siblings and beloved pet monkey, Butchie, showcase their daily life and playful banter. The narrative encapsulates the routines of summer, from trips to the lake to whimsical adventures with her brothers. Jane expresses a longing for the peaceful days at the lake, emphasizing the themes of nostalgia and the simple pleasures of childhood, setting the stage for the family's vibrant summer escapades. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Vacations -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction Lakes -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction Parents -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 316110 316133 2024-09-22T16:18:17.916694 2023-09-23T14:08:50.279135 text/html text/html 317014 2017-06-20T09:40:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 1170507 2017-06-20T09:40:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1340790 2024-09-22T16:18:24.543520 application/epub+zip 1338852 2024-09-22T16:18:19.127535 application/epub+zip 202513 2024-09-22T16:18:18.530563 application/epub+zip 1422637 2024-09-22T16:18:28.342522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1297143 2024-09-22T16:18:23.889563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255913 2022-09-25T01:20:03.384746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278945 278820 2024-09-22T16:18:16.915591 2023-09-23T14:08:49.331090 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 278873 2017-06-20T09:40:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 103830 2017-06-20T09:40:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18820 2024-09-22T16:18:28.480490 application/rdf+xml 36342 2024-09-22T16:18:18.617563 image/jpeg 5195 2024-09-22T16:18:18.573585 image/jpeg 1206599 2024-09-22T16:18:18.001568 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog