Patchwork: Stories of Growing Up in the Depression and Breaking Away

Barbara Jodry was a lifelong writer of poetry, stories, and news articles. After retiring from a teaching career, she turned her hand to writing about her memories of growing up on a farm in North Haven, Connecticut during the Depression and World War II. Rounding out the collection in this book are stories about leaving the farm, working her way through college, marriage, and her parents' life after retiring from years of farming. Two bonus stories are previously-unpublished items of Conne...