![]() ![]() These novels deal with issues or allegations of pedophilia. Two of her novels have been made into movies: Her literary archives are in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Kerlan Collection of Children's Literature at the University of Minnesota. Reoccurring themes in her books for adults and children include the ravages of alcoholism on families, and the healing and redemptive power of animals. Holland's books for children and young adults tackled a variety of difficult and/or controversial topics-death, rape, incest, teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, and homosexuality. She wrote over 50 books and was still working at the time of her death at age 81 in New York City. She attended Tulane University and also was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Due to the war, she moved to the United States in 1940. ![]() Indeed, Dinah does need some inner reserves. She adopts a pug from a traveling shelter, she meets two elderly 'husky' women and creates an imaginary world called 'the green fat kingdom' where everyone is green and fat and thin is undesirable. Her father was the American Consul in Liverpool, England during World War II. That touchstone year Dinah develops other allies. ![]()
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