I Just Called Her Momma
"...the book in first person gives life, action, vigor and spirit to what the author experienced as a young child growing up in a closely knit family during the Great Depresion Era...the work ethic within the family was an imminent ingredient of being able to survivie. The book is alive, interactive and rewarding..." Irene Spenrath, Librarian --Irene Spenrath, Librarian Comfort Middle School<br /><br />"...this book is more than a memoir of the 1930's. It's a celebration of rural life that prompts readers to reflect on the way families once lived and worked together. Bill Nelson's photos of practical farmhouse objects remind me of Neruda's lines in Odes to Common Things: "Beautry is beauty twice over and good things are double good when you're talking about a pair of wool socks in the dead of winter." Reese Vaughn Books at the Crossroads --VICTORIA ADVOCATE, April 16, 2005<br /><br />"This often gentle and smoothly written memoir is aimed at youngsters who cnnot imagine a world without electricity, telelvision, computers or indoor plumbing. Yet many grown-ups also will be drawn to its richly detailed descriptions and ancedotes of life on a family farm in Central Texas during the Great Depression and World War II..." Si Dunn, magazine writer and screenwriter --The Dallas Morning News"This often gentle and smoothly written memoir is aimed at youngsters who cnnot imagine a world without  electricity, telelvision, computers or indoor plumbing.  Yet many grown-ups also will be drawn to its richly detailed descriptions and ancedotes of life on a family farm in Central Texas during the Great Depression and World War II..." Si  Dunn, magazine writer and screenwriter --The Dallas Morning News"...the book in first person gives life, action, vigor and spirit to what the author experienced as a young child growing up in a closely knit family during the Great Depresion Era...the work ethic within the family was an imminent ingredient of being able to survivie. The book is alive, interactive and rewarding..."  Irene Spenrath, Librarian --Irene Spenrath, Librarian Comfort Middle School