Too Far From the Tree

The tie that binds the chapters of "Too Far from the Tree" together
is family – five generations of my gene pool with me in the middle.
The ties that bind my family are sometimes touching, often humorous
tales, such as my mother's legendary recycling efforts, including
her egg-carton lampshades (still in existence), and my daughter's
insistence on finding out where she was before she was conceived.
Others – such as the story of my Depression-era grandmother's
no-nonsense quest to get her brood of ...