Review: Lovely little book-BIG content!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
This is the second part of Becky Corwin-Adams' memoirs. I loved this just as much as the first and can't wait to read the next one. (Reminiscing About Retail: Confessions Of A Cashier). This book starts where Cherished Cats and Childhood Capers left off and Becky is eighteen, married and already a mother. Her husband, Randy, is in the Air force. The family has to move around due to his work and Becky is often on her own as her parents and sister live many miles away. Like the previous one, there are plenty of pictures throughout the book, helping to tell the story. I really like this method, rather than having a 'photo section' say at the back of a book where you have to keep interrupting your reading to flick back and forth. This is quite a short book but Becky can say so much in so few words, it's short and straight to the point just like book one. The author tells of the old days, struggles with money and making the best of things with their home and shopping for essentials. When they were first married, Becky and Randy didn't have a washer so she had to go to the Laundromat, yet people seemed happier in those times and 'pulled together' more. Becky and Randy come across as grateful for what they have and seem content. This book was a lovely trip down memory lane for me. Reminding me of the times when people were 'one car families'-not husband and wife with a car each as is the norm for most families now. Like my mum, Becky used to walk to the shops, baby in pram, no car, no big supermarkets, just small and friendly shops. I loved the humour about the gear shift!-I had forgotten that gear shifts were sometimes on the steering column-my uncle used to have a van like that. I loved reading about Becky's crafting and thought, 'just like I did!'-I also used to knit and crochet my own dolls clothes and even made clothes for the next door neighbour's grandson's Action Man dolls. I had forgotten about this and this book brought it all back to me. It's lovely to hear about all this, people just don't hand-down these activities to their children and grandchildren anymore. Rarely anyway. Lovely nostalgia all through this book for me and I also learned about what it would be like to be an Air force wife, something I knew nothing about before. Becky's books are unique in bringing back all those magical moments. Another engaging read, (I read it in one sitting), accurate and a lovely presentation all-round. A comforting read about contented times and simple pleasures. So much warmth really comes across in Becky Corwin-Adams' writing. Very special.