All-of-a-Kind Family Quotes

“It’s the turn of the century in New York’s Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters - Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie.”

“Follow along as they search for hidden buttons while dusting Mama’s front parlor, or explore the basement warehouse of Papa’s peddler’s shop on rainy days.”

“The five girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises. But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!”

“It evokes an era that’s gone forever, and it does it without undue sentimentality and nostalgia. The hardship is right there for those with eyes to see, but so is the love.”

“It is a fictionalised account of her childhood revolves around New York’s Lower East Side and its bustling Jewish community in the early to mid-1900s: where Taylor the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants grew up.”

“The adventures of five little girls (Gertie, Charlotte, Sarah, Henny and Ella) aged between four and twelve living with their mama who looks after the home, and papa who runs a junk shop in the East Side in New York City.”

“Nobody they knew could afford to own a book, something we all take for granted these days. But they owned a piano and it seems that several of the girls had lessons. We have to run a stall selling vegetables to raise money for music lessons.”

“Mama’s girls were going to the library, and Henry was impatient. ‘If it was Charlotte, I could understand,’ said Ella, who was the eldest and very serious. ‘I’d know Charlotte was off dreaming in some corner. But what can be keeping Sarah?”

“I’m afraid the library will expect you to pay for it. And it’s only right,′ continued Mama. ‘You borrowed the book and that make you responsible. The library lets you borrow the book and you’re not supposed to lend it to anybody else.”

“As she worked, Miss Allen found herself watching the five little girls. How quaint they were in their stiffly starched white aprons over dark woolen dresses. They looked for all the world like wide-open umbrellas.”

“Wonderful, delightful episodes show the joys, the struggles and the close family and neighbourhood ties of a Jewish-American family in early 20th century New York City.”