Pollyanna Grows Up

In the darkened Boston house of Mrs. Ruth Carew, grief has hardened into a way of life. Still mourning the son she lost years ago, Ruth resists every attempt to draw her back into the world—until her sister Della Wetherby brings news of Pollyanna, the little girl whose "glad game" has already transformed a sanatorium and an entire town. Della's plea, and a revealing family history of vanished Jamie Carew and long years of heartbreak, persuade Mrs. Chilton to let Pollyanna spend the winter in Boston. At first Pollyanna is disappointed to leave Beldingsville, but she soon greets the change as another chance to find new people to love. In Boston, her bright curiosity slowly opens Ruth's sealed heart through unexpected friendships, especially with Jamie and Sadie Dean, whose stories expose the loneliness of city life and the need for real human kindness. When Pollyanna returns home, she brings with her a deeper vision of connection across class and distance—and the quiet proof that cheerfulness can become a force for healing. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.