Possibly Mr Bear appropriated and "adopted" Little Bear in the same manner as he quickly assumes the parental role over Edith, monitoring her behavior and controlling her activities. Edith is on the verge of going mad from isolation when finally two strange bears appear. Perhaps there has been some apocalypse, some epidemic which wiped out all mammals. She is desperately lonely, praying every night for friends and trying to talk with the small animals who seem to be the only living things left in this deserted world. The Lonely Doll and two of its sequels have been reissued by Houghton Mifflin.Edith lives in a lovely house and has everything she needs - except company.
But this is a quibble, and doesn't detract from the fascinating and elusive girl/woman at the center of this story. With Edie's death near the end of the book the story loses some of its clarity, because despite having many friends, Dare doesn't know how to live without her mother the downward spiral of her final years is horrifying yet incomprehensible. There's a suggestion by some who knew them of a sexual element in the relationship, but Nathan is careful not to speculate. Their closeness becomes increasingly disturbing, keeping Dare a child even as she matures into womanhood. Alone with her strong-willed, manipulative mother, Edie, Dare strove to please her, Nathan writes, "playing handmaiden to Edie's queen as Edie created their own private universe" of dressup and pretend. This dark and painfully poignant biography, tells the story of the beautiful and creative Dare (1914–2001), who was separated from her own father and brother when she was three. The children's book told the story of Edith, a lonely doll until two teddy bears-a father and son-come to live with her. Made model/actress turned author/photographer Dare Wright famous.
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