THANK YOU!! I'd forgotten about that. I just got the book out and started enjoying it all over again.
BTW, did you know page 13 has a photo of the Conderosa?
Ahh, yes, "... raw land, a pastoral setting, Hop Sing fixing the family's traditional Italian repast..." - how could I have missed it?
I recognized at lot of pics from LL2 the last time I read it.