The story is memories of love, laughter, life threatening disasters, of families with good times and without. It's a book of life with poverty, crime, and neglect. Then you can witness the family dinners, the great cooks, the ethnic meals and customs and how things changed with times and places. There are moments of sensual love, and the memories of death. This life story is will keep you intrigued. Both the female and male points of view are brought forward in resounding detail. Major world events are taken into account as the story builds. The read of a lifetime.