Down Memory Lane - Softcover

Cannon, Joan LaPrade; Ervin, PhD Jean Conyers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759698139 ISBN 13: 9780759698130

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

Early memories are precious to us all. They may be colored (like our beloved Blue Ridge) by the scrim of distance or glossed by sentiment, but they retain their value because they carry flavors that we would never exchange for simple facts.In these stories, certain themes recur: how children with few financial resources amused themselves with astonishing creativity; how difficult routines of common daily life could be; how self-sufficient not only children, but also parents and grandparents had to be in a time when technology was represented by running water in the house or an electric light bulb. Some of the tales show the odd, painful, and often humorous ways in which their authors learned some of life's most useful lessons. By reading them, you may recall some events in your own past you thought you'd forgotten, and surely you'll feel the satisfying resonance of shared experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Joan LaPrade Cannon has been a teacher of high school English, an editor of a museum newsletter, and a writer of fiction. Her short stories have appeared in both 'little' and commercial publications.Dr. Jean Conyers Ervin is a retired educator who has taught in residential schools for the deaf and four universities. She has written articles for professional journals, a dissertation on Mark Twain, the Speechmaker, and an autobiography. It was she who initiated the concept that ultimately became the retirement community known as Grace Ridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0759698139
• ISBN 13: 9780759698130
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216