Life with Lisa

Life with Lisa

by Sybil Burr

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*Life with Lisa* the fictional diary of a 12-year-old girl whose vivid account and comments on her neighbours and surroundings was later reprinted by Puffin Books (1979) and adapted for Radio 4 in 2003 (five episodes, 8 September-12 September) with Victoria O'Donnell as Lisa. Lisa subsequently appeared in a sequel, Leave It To Lisa. [Lisa may have begun life some years earlier in short stories in annuals, e.g. 'Lisa Loses Her Hat', Daily Mail Annual for Girls 1953,1952.] Acknowledgements: with thanks to Steve Holland, Bear Alley

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    The book is presented as Lisa's personal diary. How does reading the story through this intimate, first-person lens shape your understanding of Lisa, her world, and the events she describes?

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    Lisa is a remarkably vivid observer of her neighbors and surroundings. What kind of person do you feel Lisa is based on her comments and insights? Does she seem particularly insightful, naive, judgmental, or a unique blend?

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    Did reading "Life with Lisa" evoke any strong memories or reflections about your own experiences or perceptions from being around 12 years old? What aspects of Lisa's perspective felt particularly familiar or strikingly different?

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