{"id":647,"date":"2011-05-25T00:07:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T05:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2023-06-30T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:29:50","slug":"four-party-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/four-party-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Party Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/four-party-line\/fourpartyline\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fourpartyline.jpg?fit=142%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"142,196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fourpartyline\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fourpartyline.jpg?fit=142%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fourpartyline.jpg?fit=142%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fourpartyline.jpg?resize=142%2C196\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000RC0E8O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=dorgilfanpag-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;creativeASIN=B000RC0E8O&#038;linkId=a977a4ce91d669748a5d675fb8789269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Party Line<\/a> was published in 1954.<\/h3>\n<p>This charming story traces the lives of four girls who work as phone operators for the telephone company: Francine, for whom snobbery is a rule until her love-at-first-sight of Tom gave her a different outlook; Peggy, whose restless ambition brought her marriage to the brink of ruin; Tippy, who, in her loneliness, looked with despair even upon her own good qualities; and Mary, who came from the wrong side of the tracks with a secret wish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast of Characters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If anyone has this book and would like to take a few minutes to type of a list of characters and send it to us we would be forever grateful. Please use our <a href=\"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/contact\/\">CONTACT US<\/a> form or copy and paste into the comment section below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Party Line was published in 1954. This charming story traces the lives of four girls who work as phone operators for the telephone company: Francine, for whom snobbery is a rule until her love-at-first-sight of Tom gave her a different outlook; Peggy, whose restless ambition brought her marriage to the brink of ruin; Tippy,<\/p>\n<div class=\"theme-link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/four-party-line\/\" class=\"theme-more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Four Party Line&#8221;<\/span> <svg class=\"svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M16.172 9l-6.071-6.071 1.414-1.414 8.485 8.485-8.485 8.485-1.414-1.414 6.071-6.071h-16.172v-2z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":599,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PH3bC-ar","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":599,"url":"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":647,"position":0},"title":"Childrens Books","author":"mrspfan","date":"May 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Dorothy Gilman Butters started her writing career as a children story writer. 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