Hattie and the Wild Waves

Hattie and the Wild Waves (ISBN 1-883332-31-1) is a 1990 book by Barbara Cooney.

It's the loosely autobiographical story of Hattie, the daughter of a well-to-do family of German immigrants living in New York.

[1] Hattie decides to pursue a career as an artist.

[2] Kirkus Reviews described the story as "engaging" and noted the story's message "that wealth is incidental to a happy, creative life".

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