Up a road slowly

I liked this girl's coming of age story. One person on goodreads said the characters were stereotypical. But I think the characters in the book represent people you can meet in real life like the spinster aunt and the drunken uncle who dreams of being a writer. The boyfriend jock who takes advantage of her academically yeah there are jerks like that in real life too. There was a coziness to the book. I think this was even better than Across Five Aprils. Irene Hunt was a talented children's writer. The only bad thing about the book is the cover. My sister asked me if I was reading a romance.