Intertwining Moments
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Intertwining Moments reaches back to the the mid-1920's,.30's and 40's for the story content. The author, sister and parents lived as their neighbors lived. The world was slow paced, people were more naive, movement was confined, travel was restrictive to their home area as income was meager or non existent throughout the depression. The author's mother offered a multitude of creative activities that took her children out of the doldrums of the depression. Friends and neighbors were closeand get togethers on a weekly basis were used for enjoyable entertainment. The expectations of today's world by comparison to yesteryear is quite dramatic.
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About the Book
Intertwining Moments is about the close relationship the author had with her parents during her growing up years--the mid 1920's , 30's and 40's. Life was slow paced, people lived simplistic lives, they were more naive and accepting of what was happening around them. Movement was confined to the home area so it was necessary to create our own entertainment. Mother as the central figure in the book plays a large part in seeing that her girls, their friends and neighbors were offered different, interesting types of entertainment to take them out of the doldrums.of the Great Depression years.
About the Author
The author of Intertwining Moments has written numerous short stories and poems but has taken a different approach to her writing by concentrating on books. Her first book, CHARLES AUGUSTUS--A Boy's Will To Survive was published in 2007. This was an autobiography of her father's early life dating back to the 1890's to the 1900's. It described a tramatic life for an 8 year old.boy after his mother dies of influenza.
He was sent to a home where he experienced emotional and physical abuse by his Great Uncle. He was forced to work 24/7 on the farm as if he was an adult farm laborer.