Helpful Score: 2
An enjoyable read. Told completely by the 85 year old Addie, a Jewish grandmother in an interview for her granddaughter. The story begins in 1915 and she covers the question of "How she came to be the woman she is". The issues of the times-prohibition, child labor, the flu epidemic- and how she and her family were affected. It is moving, humorous, tragic and sweet.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a charming book as told by a Jewish grandmother to her granddaughter. It is the grandmother's life story. It starts out in 1985 but quickly reverts to 1915. Though the telling went thru the depression years and they were not necessarily a wealthy family it was not a sad book about the depression but one of a family, though at times dysfunctional as all families can be regardless of faith. I enjoyed the story that Anita Diamant wove of Addie Baum and her life. A good, fast read. I recommend this book to others.
This was a delightful story of a full life with a fantastic narrative voice and excellent social history details. It was a much quicker read than I had anticipated.
Fabulous, especially for those interested in historical fiction. I can't believe it hasn't been requested. Glad I found it here.
I really like this book. It is a quick read, funny and relatively light.
At first I thought this was just another ho-hum stories, but it soon developed into a beautiful tale of a woman's life that intrigued me and kept me wanting to read more.
