Rock Garden Flower: Growing Up During the Depression

The book is a memoir that describes growing up in the Depression and being a teenager during WWII. It provides a glimpse of a time that is rapidly disappearing from the memory of the nation. Written with warmth and honesty it tells of the author's parents struggles to stay together and provide shelter for their children. The author turned fifteen the day before Pearl Harbor Day and major decisions aout her life were shaped by the war.