The Organdy Cupcakes
By Mary Stolz
1951
First Published
3.33
Average Rating
213
Number of Pages
Three nurses in their last year of hospital training ponder the future of their professional and personal lives. Gretchen Benis was a little plump by some standards, but she was the kind of girl who usually set her own standards, and if she wanted to be noticed by a man - even in a baggy nurse's uniform - she usually was. . .
Avg Rating
3.33
Number of Ratings
24
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
13%
3 STARS
50%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Mary Stolz
Author · 30 books
Mary Stolz was a noted author for children and adolescents whose novels earned critical praise for the seriousness with which they took the problems of young people. Two of her books ''Belling the Tiger'' (1961) and ''The Noonday Friends'' (1965), were named Newbery Honor books by the ALA but it was her novels for young adults that combined romance with realistic situations that won devotion from her fans. Young men often created more problems and did not always provide happy ever after endings. Her heroines had to cope with complex situations and learn how to take action whether it was working as nurses (The Organdy Cupcakes), living in a housing project (Ready or Not), or escaping from being a social misfit by working for the summer as a waitress (The Sea Gulls Woke Me).
