As a 'fictionalized true story,' I'm curious to understand what is fact and what is fiction in Jocelyne Turbett's Born to Please. Revolving around Ashley's normal upbringing and subsequent transition into a hell-raising rebel child, there was a very real, very human element to the...

Gloria and Mrs Tinkelbaum by Jocelyne Turbett revolves around nine-year-old Gloria who is unhappy with her family's move to Vermont. The girls there find her too boyish and the boys make fun of her. She finds it difficult to adjust to the new surroundings and...