131: The Hustle: Puzzle of the Paper Daughter, A Julie Mystery

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We've already been through a lot with Julie Albright--but when a book promises a disco dance, we are in for the ride (and a mystery). In this episode, we travel with Julie to Chinatown and learn how to solve a crime after dinnertime. While reeling from roommate news and the discovery of a puzzling note, Julie has enough on her plate when she decides to visit The Happy Panda, Ivy's family's restaurant. Following a great meal, the plot thickens when Julie and Ivy's beloved dolls go missing. Never one to ignore an injustice, Julie is inspired to launch an investigation. Both Julie and Ivy get more than they have bargained for, however, when they decide to also track down Ivy's grandmother's long lost friend. This book includes an extensive plotline about "paper daughters" and the process of detention at Angel Island in California. We discuss Julie's mystery solving skills, the story of Chinese immigration around San Francisco, and of course, the culminating event of the book, a Valentine's day disco dance.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Daws of our lives everyone. This is the show where we're reliving the American
0:14.2	girls series book by book. I'm Mary. I'm still Allison. And Allison, I'm reminded of times people
0:20.4	have given me cards where they spell my name Mary M-E-R-R-Y as people have
0:25.0	Mary, Mary, Mary, M-R-Y, as in Mary Christmas,
0:26.0	because this will be coming out on Christmas.
0:28.0	Hello, happy Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
0:31.0	Yeah, it's been a really busy month and we're so excited. I know that some of you
0:36.9	were talking about American Girl gifts for other people so I hope that if you did
0:41.9	gift giving in the past few weeks you got or gave something you wanted.
0:45.6	Yeah, I mean are you a Christmas person or you like one of the people who can't wait even in July for Christmas?
0:52.2	That is no that is definitely not it. can't wait even in July for Christmas?
0:52.7	That is, no, that is definitely not it.
0:54.8	I did splurge this year.
0:57.1	I felt very moved to buy a Felicity's surprise outfit,
1:01.0	which is the beautiful blue dress.
1:03.0	Oh, right.
1:04.0	So I felt very moved.
1:05.0	I bought that from a person on Mercari,
1:08.0	who was offering it at just like a very reasonable price,
1:11.0	and it felt like the right time. But no, generally I can't say that I'm not a person for whom like Christmas is magic so much. How about you?
1:21.6	Yeah, I mean, I'm I don't know I mean it changes I guess different times in your life but
1:28.0	I love like Maria Carey's re-emergence every year is like the Queen of Christmas that's fun in pop culture but I don't know I like
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