Watson caught the contagion, and became fairly hopeful and content. it was just such a sweet, lovely tale & the perfect continuation of the series!Ī Favourite Quote: “.she ran down stairs, looking so blithe and bright that Phil cheered at the sight of her, and lost the long morning face he had got up with, while even Mrs. I loved the humour, the gorgeous scenery, seeing Rose Red. It was lovely to see Clarence again, & Geoff is such a nice man. Katy’s wedding was so sweet! I loved seeing Clover handle the whole trip & settling down in Colorado. The last books are even better than the first and second books, in my opinion! I love this story so much. The fictional Carr family was modeled after the author's own, with Katy Carr inspired by Susan (Sarah) herself, and the brothers and sisters modeled on Coolidge's four younger Woolsey siblings.ĥ+ stars & 7/10 hearts. She is best known, however, for her classic children's novel, What Katy Did (1872). Delaney (1879) and The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (1880).

She edited The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. The niece of the author and poet Gamel Woolsey, she never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, until her death. Woolsey worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861–1865), after which she started to write. She spent much of her childhood in New Haven Connecticut after her family moved there in 1852. Her father was John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) and mother was Jane Andrews. Woolsey was born January 29, 1835, into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight family in Cleveland, Ohio. Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge.

Clover by Susan Coolidge