Mallory Martin's Reviews > Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

THE Lois Lowry wrote a Dear America?? About the Spanish Flu in Maine?? It was funny reading a girl complaining that the pandemic ruined her birthday plans because the city was shut down. Same, girl. We’ve all been there.

I met Lois Lowry in high school but I guess I didn’t realize how familiar she is with the area. It’s funny to read a book that takes place in 1919 and read about places like Melbys (RIP).