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My Times with the Sisters and Other Events (3rd printing)
This memoir is centered on a young boy in his first school experience in a Parochial School. You will laugh as you read this book even though the times were a challenge.There is no despair here. Suitable for any age.
The crash of 1929, the Depression, Prohibition, repeal of the 18th Amendment, and an early AA group all provide backdrop for the story. From well-to-do circumstances, the boy's family are reduced to eating from 'bent'n rusty cans' of vegetables obtained for 2-cents each at the A&P canning company. Making himself useful in nearby homes improves the boy's diet. Mowing lawns, shoveling sidewalks and selling magazines help with pocket money. Decoration Day is particularly poignant, as a very young and impressionable boy is turned free for one whole day to observe the GAR, the Spanish American vets, and the newly returned doughboys of World War I pass by in the local parade to the town Cemetery. Learning Latin for the Mass and Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" are student experiences. Double Dare You with other boys enliven challenges. Despite the 'times,' the Sisters are the guiding lights when family pressures threaten stability.There is a lot of joy in this book, and a hilarious episode on a morning twilight 'trap line.'
You may contact the author before you buy or after you buy. 770-569-8102 or E-mail: franklyn21@earthlink.net
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