Like many children who display intellectual giftedness or precocity, she didn’t seem that interested in children her own age. But Barbara wasn’t particularly concerned with having a “normal” childhood. A few were downright dismayed that she had been published and had a taste of literary success at such a young age: “What price will Barbara have to pay for her ‘big days’ at the typewriter?” wondered Anne Carroll Moore of the New York Herald Tribune. Of course, not all the critics adored her. For one, Barbara Newhall Follett disappeared without a trace when she was 25 years old.Īfter The House Without Windows was published to such acclaim, the young author was in hot demand for reviews and additional books.
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