February 2024

Chapter 12 –

Valency pays for her fun with a frighteningly bad attack.

Chapter 11 –

Wary of Valency’s barbed new tongue, the family turn to criticizing Barney Snaith.

Chapter 10 –

For once a family dinner proves entertaining to Valancy, and gives her a chance to reassess them with new eyes.

Chapter 9 –

A new Valancy emerges to astonish and baffle her family.

Chapter 8 –

Alone at night, Valancy reviews her life and finds she has spent it crushed by fear. But now she decides she will live the short remainder of it to suit herself.

Chapter 7 –

Valancy attacks her rose bush and has a letter from Dr. Trent

Chapter 6 –

Valancy at last works up the nerve to consult Dr. Trent.

Chapter 5 –

Valancy must shop at Uncle Benjamin’s store and endure his horrible jokes.

Chapter 4 –

Valancy at last receives permission to go to the library to get another book by her hero John Foster

Chapter 3 –

Spared the usual picnic because of rain, Valancy must still endure the veiled insults of relatives.