It’s cute (maybe) to have a child constantly playing the Glad Game, but in an adult it would be insufferable. Then we fast forward ten or twelve years and our author is presented with a problem. The lady thinks he might be her missing nephew but she can’t be sure however, she decides she loves him either way. Polyanna finds an orphan boy with a disability for the bitter old rich lady to adopt. Polyanna is mono-maniacally focused on her Game, so that she comes across as a bit unhinged. This drives everyone totally bonkers, obviously, but eventually they all swallow the Kool Aid and become incredibly cheerful in the face of life’s adversity. Polyanna is continually playing “the Glad Game,” where no matter what kind of horrible thing has just happened, she will find something to be grateful for. Polyanna is an inspirational little orphan girl who has been cured of some kind of disability, and has been sent to cheer up a bitter old rich lady. Remember how bad Miss Billy Married was? So actually I didn’t read the famous one, Pollyanna, in 2014 for my round up of 1914, just this sequel.
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