Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I am reading this to my kids before sleep. I do this about thirty minutes every night. I usually try to play voices.
This is a great read aloud story! I only do a hint of the Italian, not the parody, so I only add a bit of an -a to Granny’s voice. Mostly it’s in the rhythm of Creech’s dialogue.
My kids are into it. They understand the emotional nature of the story. Rosie is so honest with how she feels!
I’m not yet done, but I am looking forward to the last fifteen pages. It hass been a fun, short read.
I got it at the used bookstore, but I noticed it because I had previously considered it for my English 97 class (two levels below 101). I chose Rules, by Cynthia Lord, instead.
Granny Torelli Makes Soup features a character who has a vision impairment. My 97 class is disability themed.
But the point about the unpaid labor of seniors is part of an argument I like to make about why the business definition of economics is incomplete. I have the great benefit of living with grandparents, my wife’s parents. They are in their seventies. They interact daily with my kids and the mutual benefit of the relationship brings economic benefit.
Granny Torelli proves that making soup is unpaid labor.