Thread: What are You Reading?

A few days ago, I was on Ebay looking through my daily searches on Carborundums , Nortons & lighters. I didn't see anything interesting, so I started putting names of friends in the search box, don't really know why, nothing popped up, so I put family last names in the search box & on the 1st page of returns was a book written by my great aunt, I had no idea was written. It was a children's book, "The Special Gift", written by Margarette Peebles (my great aunt), about her young sister Bobby Nell Peebles (my great aunt also).

Some details of both; Margarette always wanted a little sister to play with, as she only had my grandfather. She wished this until her 12th birthday, then her mother(my great grandmother) told her that a baby was on the way. A girl was born, Bobby Nell. Bobby Nell was born with severe Down syndrome, back then it was refered to as being mongoloid. Margarette took care of her little sister until Bobby Nell died in her mid to late 60's. The two were inseperable,,, Margarette never married,,, the book was written for parents to read to their small children , explaining how to react to children like Bobby Nell. It was a short read, mainly pictures so children could take interest.

I then scrolled down the search results & found another book that Margarette wrote called, "A History of Mississippi Libraries". Margarette was head of the University of Mississippi's library for over 40 years. The book's subject does not much interest me, but I'm sure it will give me some insight into Margarette, a woman I only knew when I was a small child.

Here are photos of the books from the Ebay ad, that arrived today.
Thanks for your time.







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