Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson:

 ISBN: 1591295505

The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews

 
This is a group of stories about family, and the
occasional strangeness that goes along with it. A
sequel to her novel This is The Place, about growing
up Mormon in Utah, these stories are part
recollections by older members of the family, and part
things that actually happened to the author when she
was younger.

During a drive in the country with her parents, the
author got to watch an old-fashioned cow milking, up
close and personal. Another story took place during
the Depression, when any scrap of cloth was saved to
be made into some piece of clothing. There are stories
about this grandmother or that aunt, moving to Utah as
a young woman. Included are tales of family secrets
passed from one generation to the next.

Every family has stories like these. I enjoyed reading
this book. The stories are very easy to read,
touching, poignant and humorous. If this book gets the
reader to start thinking about their own family
history, it will have succeeded. This is well worth
reading.