Overview

Meet the Melendys! The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-and-a-half-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six. Tired of wasting Saturdays doing nothing but wishing for larger allowances, the four Melendys jump at Randy's idea to start the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.). If they pool their resources and take turns spending the whole amount, they can each have at least one memorable Saturday afternoon of their own. Before long, I.S.A.A.C. is in operation and every Saturday is definitely one to remember. Written more than half a century ago, The Saturdays unfolds with all the ripe details of a specific place and period but remains, just the same, a winning, timeless tale. The Saturdays is the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures.

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Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. -- The New York Times The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. -- Publishers Weekly Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. --The New York Times The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. --Publishers Weekly Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. The New York Times The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. Publishers Weekly Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. The New York Times The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. Publishers Weekly

Enright has a quick eye for the unexpected, the amusing and the beautiful in what might be just ordinary experiences. -- The New York Times The Melendys are the quintessential storybook family...[their] ardent approach to living is eternally relevant. -- Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was a talented writer whose many awards include the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, beginning with The Saturdays (1941). Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, Harper's, and The Saturday Evening Post.

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