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Ramona Quimby would be age 69 or 70 now? I wonder how her life turned out. Maybe she was a teacher or librarian. Stayed on the west coast, I think, Oregon or northern California. She gardens; she watches MSNBC. Has a sweatshirt of a cat holding a bone, "I found this humerous"
I'd like to think she had a few wild years in the 70s but probably not. 
I'm guessing she went to the University of Oregon and got married not long after.
I'm guessing she went to the University of Oregon and got married not long after.
I expect she has kids and grandkids. She's a fun grandma. She was never very good at cooking or baking (unlike Beezus), so doesn't bother with that anymore. Sometimes she goes to the Whopperburger all by herself. A little treat.
And what happened to Beezus?! I have a feeling she had a slightly harder time in life. She is now a bit more like Olive Kitteridge.
I cannot be the only one who wondered if Ramona ever dated Howie Kemp. In any case, they're still pals. They often comment on each other's Facebook posts. Willa Jeanâshe was probably a queen bee at some point and now tells her granddaughters to be ladylike.
Oops, I forgot about Roberta Quimby! I mean, she definitely was the wild child, right? Majored in art. Lived in New York for a while before settling in Los Angeles.
After the Quimby parents died, Ramona, Beezus, and Roberta sold the house on Klickitat Street. It was purchased by a guy who ran a food truck that specialized in vegetarian sliders (deep-fried romanesco with house-made sriracha, etc)
I hope that Ramona Quimby, age 69 or 70, is writing a secret memoir and that she laughs to herself remembering that time she cracked an egg on her head; those times she clanked around the neighborhood on stilts made out of tin cans.
Btw I am well aware that Beverly Cleary is still with us 
! These tweets were about the way characters endure but are not static. The words on the page may be the same but the way we read and interpret keeps changing. I love seeing all the different takes on Ramona here!
! These tweets were about the way characters endure but are not static. The words on the page may be the same but the way we read and interpret keeps changing. I love seeing all the different takes on Ramona here!
Oh wow all the replies and takes are giving me such joy! Wish we could all hang out on a giant davenport and read the books together
A lot of discussion about how old Ramona actually would be. No idea really but my guidepost was BEEZUS AND RAMONA, published in 1955; in that book Ramona is four. But I love that time is more fluid over the course of these books. Clearyâs writerly wisdom is endless.
