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In this personal memoir, the author shares engaging stories about being a latch-key kid growing up in the American Midwest during the 1930s and `40s. Her father, `shellshocked’ in World War I, had a dramatic impact on the family. Her mother, as a single parent, raised her through the hardships of the Great Depression. Janet grows from a lonely child to a twenty-year old mother, and blossoms into a complex woman who has uncommon experiences with family, friends, work, travel, health, and her sixty-five years of marriage to one man.

About the Author:

Janet Jean was born in 1927 in South Dakota and grew up in Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska and married after World War II. The couple moved to Denver where they had three daughters. Relocating to San Francisco in 1969, Janet Jean worked for United Airlines in management. She is the published author of The Daughter I Lost and Found; The Adventures of Harry and Claire; and a historical article about perfume, “The Joy of Scent: An Uncommon Love Story,” in The Californians Magazine. She spent the last 30 years of her life on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, reveling in its beauty and living her passion as a writer.