A best-selling children’s book writer, she focused on family life and its difficulties, earning acclaim for her gentle, sparse prose.A best-selling children’s book writer, she focused on family life and its difficulties, earning acclaim for her gentle, sparse prose.Read MoreMacLachlan, Patricia, Deaths (Obituaries), Books and Literature, Children and Childhood, Newbery Medal, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Book), genre-books-childrens
