{"id":6751,"date":"2026-07-13T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:07:52","slug":"episode-293-changes-for-kirsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-293-changes-for-kirsten\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 293 \u2013 Changes for Kirsten"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Changes<\/a><\/p>\n

Are you melting in the summer heat wave? Well, why don’t you join us for a Flashback Summer trip back to the winter of 1864? Bundle up in your best furs, because we read Changes for Kirsten<\/em>\u00a0by Janet Beeler Shaw<\/a>. We were joined by Mary Mahoney<\/a> (@MimiMahoney<\/a>), co-author of Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl,<\/a> former co-host of the Dolls of our Lives podcast<\/a>, and current host of the Landline podcast<\/a>. Whatever you do, do\u00a0not<\/strong> let a baby raccoon into your house while listening to this episode.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory:\u00a0<\/strong>Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>Episode #76 – American Girl<\/a><\/p>\n

Childhood Nostalgia: A Collection of Pleasant Company and American Girl Catalogues<\/a><\/p>\n

Minnesota Historical Society MNopedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong>Kristy’s Great Idea<\/em> (Baby-Sitters Club #1) by Ann M. Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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