Promise at Dawn
1960 · 337 pages
Gary's mother told everyone in Vilna that her son would become a French diplomat, a war hero, and a great writer. He became all three, and the debt nearly crushed him.
★ 6.4
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Love You Forever
1986 · 32 pages
A mother sings the same four lines to her son at every age, and the years turn the song around. Munsch made it up after two stillborn children.
★ 4.4