Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley

The secret of Amarilly's charm is in the "glad-you-are-alive-feeling" she gives you. She will share her optimism, her joy in life, with you if you will but let her. Amarilly is the oldest of 8 children, being raised by a single mother. Amarilly is in a way, almost the mother to the children, and one of the principle bread winners. She wins friends whereever she goes, and finds fortune in ordinary things. It's a very endearing book.