Meeting Tippy Parrish, Penny's 14-year-old sister, is a real boon to Alice. Alice is a shy, sweet-natured girl who just wants to fit in and have fun. She's lovely and thinks everyone is as in love with her as she is. Gwenn is sixteen and a self-centered, spoiled rotten brat who makes life difficult for everyone as well as for herself. This story focuses on Gwenn and Alice Jordon. The Second of the Jordon family series finally brings the Parrish and Jordon families together as the Jordon's find themselves settled on Governor's Island in New York, across the street from the Parrish's.

Later, after her kids were grown, she penned one of her stories (Star Spangled Summer) and-according to legend-it was sold to a publisher the very day after she sent it to them. Each night, the author would tell the next 'installment' of the series. Legend has it that her stories started as bedtime stories for her children while they were overseas. Lambert's books are set on Army posts throughout the United States. Knowing well the 'life of the Army,' many of Ms. When she married a career Army officer, her life on stage came to a close, but her stories were still flowing. She did achieve her goal and appeared on Broadway. Janet, having an interest in both the theater and writing, decided to write her own plays in which to act. These stories, and many of her other series, became entwined as the various characters met each other, married, and then had children of their own! Her most popular series were about the Parrishes and the Jordons. She wrote 54 books during that time about a number of different girls and their families. Janet Lambert, born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, was a popular girls' story author from 1941 through 1969 (and beyond to today).

Friday's Child by Janet Lambert