Book Review - Sleepovers

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Bezus will go to these sleepovers and like have a fine time but then it kind of wrecks her. The next scene that happens with the family is that they're all having this terrible kind of angsty weekend. There are these background portraits of marriage that are really lovely and very moving where you can feel the tension wax and wane between Mr. and Mrs. Quimby.

We've talked about National Treasure Beverly Cleary on the show before, but we haven't spent time with her most indelible character, one Ramona Quimby. Recorded on the eve of Craig's new-dadhood, we're joined by TV critic and parenting expert Kathryn VanArendonk to discuss yard apes, sick days, and how differently the book hits from the other side of the parent/kid divide.

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