Her fantastical life and the enigma of her disappearance are equally compelling. Many of the letters repeatedly cover the same ground, but anyone intrigued by this real-life mystery will want to read them all. In 1939, shortly after her husband of five years asked for a divorce, she left her house and was never seen again. In Samoa, Barbara suffered “a smash-emotional and nervous.” Back in the U.S., she ran away and was found by the police, a widely reported incident. Cooke’s narrative emphasizes that Barbara shared her father’s tendency to escape problems rather than confronting them. In an effort to establish Barbara as a travel writer, her mother, Helen, took her on a long odyssey to the South Pacific. His letters at this time are bitterly cruel. This idyllic life was shattered when Barbara’s adored father left the family for another woman. The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett 3.64 Rating details 767 ratings 177 reviews In 1923, eight-year-old Barbara Newhall Follett began writing The House Without Windows as a birthday present for her mother on the small portable typewriter she had been using since she was four years old. She was enthralled by nature and invented her own world, Farksolia. She was home-schooled and had little contact with other children most of her early letters are to grown-up friends. Born in 1914, Barbara began writing at age four and published her first novel, The House Without Windows, at 13. The writer Barbara Follett, as revealed in this compilation of letters, diary entries, and reviews edited by her half-nephew Cooke, lived a life that would be unbelievable if it were presented in a work of fiction.
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