Kin Platt was born in New York in 1911 and he passed away in the same city in 2003. He is a well-known cartoonist and a writer, also acclaimed for his children and young adults’ books. He also worked in radio and television.
Accordint to Chloris, all men her mother date with are stupid. And the most stupid one of them, Fidel Mancha, becomes her mother’s new husband. Jenny, her sister, although remembering her father, accept that marriage. But Chloris can’t stand other person occupying her father’s place and she promised that she will never ever talk to that stupid Fidel.
“… a novel of characters. All of them, even the supporting roles, are really well outlined and they become close and real through reader’s eyes. The story is narrated from Jenny’s point of view, who is one of the main characters and it is full of dialogues, which alternate with modern fiction techniques, making a fresh, direct, but in depth, reading” (María Solé in ABC).