内容简介：
Lanie Truly is a young girl growing up in West Texas in the sixties and the oldest of seven. Her stories convey the difficulties and troubles encountered as being the oldest child and portray an honesty and innocence that illustrate a childas point of view. Humorous tales and adventures depict Lanieas daily life, family fishing trips and special times. Lanie clearly describes experiences growing up such as the awhite puffy chef hatsa her father wore, or preparing for traipsina about town. Whether Lanie is atraipsina all over the worlda in her home-town, or on a West Texas River fishing trip, the strong youthful desire to explore is present. Despite being teased and called aHamster Girla Lanie was very much loved by her family. The mutual love shared by Lanie is unquestionably apparent throughout the book and is a tribute to all families that have stuck together through thick and thin.