That Little Girl has a Mind of her Own: A memoir about growing up in a different time

That Little Girl has a Mind of her Own is a memoir about the adventures of a spirited young lass, just three generations from the Emerald Isle, growing up in a small village in Upstate New York, in the 1950’s. The book is a series of vignettes that share with the reader the trials and tribulations, the heartbreak and disappointments, and the triumphs of a young, precocious child as she confronts life’s challenges. The story travels on a timeline beginning in the early 1900’s and follows the family from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the tiny village of Watkins Glen, New York. The story meanders through three generations of culture and customs,food and family and many a bump along the way. Hopefully, this book will enlighten the young among us about how life use to be. Generations who remember nothing about gathering around a giant box of a radio after dinner or running after the ice truck on a hot summer day, or of milk being delivered by a wagon drawn by a real live horse, or hours spent rocking on your grandmother’s lap on her front porch. And for those readers who do remember, well that’s what I am hoping for. I am hoping that this book will bring back memories of your childhood and the way things used to be.