Marta was my first literary death. I still remember the moment before it was official, when I knew it had happened, but told myself it couldn't be. The confirming sentence hit six-year-old me so hard. 😢
I’m named after Kirsten. The passage about the dried bread always stuck with me, and I’ve romanticized dry crusts of bread ever since. I’d hide them in my pockets at lunch time then snack on them later 😂
Kirsten was the doll of my dreams. I never got her but more than 12 years ago the family I nannied bought me her mini doll when they got their oldest her American Girl doll.
@@monalisasssmile idk, might have been. But I did community theater as a kid and we did American Girl Doll stories as one of em and in our play Marta ate cherries and died and I was so shook as a kid it took me years to eat Cherries again lol
My older sister got Kirsten as a VERY last minute Christmas present right before the doll was discontinued. We’ve had her for many years now and I don’t think we’re planning on getting rid of her anytime soon. She’s never been changed from her original clothes and her hair has never been undone from her braids. She is in surprisingly good condition :)
Im 14 and Märta's death made me cry, feel traumatized, awaken the memory of when I learnt what cholera was when I was 11, and gave me a new fear all at the same time Well.. I do study the Scandinavian Emigration Era so this is a camon event Also being scared of Cholera as a child is Nordic history kid behavior
After I read that Marta died I told my mom to donate all the AG books we had because I was scared of them 😆 biggest mistake I ever made- getting rid of the books AND choosing to read that one first
My dolls except for when I was way younger like about the ages 3 and 4 I was always careful with my dolls, like the fake American girl dolls (my parents didn't have the money for the real deal) when we sold them one person was like "Wow this is in great condition" I am not lying when I say there hair was brushed, clothes not ripped, almost all the accessories weren't lost (I was a five yearold not a colector)but yet all those dolls were still loved by me and have special places in my heart❤
I still have my Kirsten doll (and her original doll) I received on Christmas 1992, although she was sent to the AG hospital for a traumatizing head replacement when that opened decades ago. I remember the in depth conversations my cousin's and I had over whether she would be the "same doll" or not before I sent her. These dolls shaped such a rich and full world for me. IMO, the brand has gone consistently down hill ever since the Mattel buyout.
