Gene Cheek describes his childhood in North Carolina with his loving mother and abusive, alcoholic father, tells how he was torn from his mother's home at the age of twelve when his father filed a complaint in court that she was unfit due to her involvement with an African-American man, and discusses the lasting impact of that event on his life.
In 1942, thirteen-year-old Taffy, living with her grandfather on Hatteras Island, inadvertently helps capture Nazi spies responsible for passing information to offshore German submarines engaged in torpedoing American ships.
Jackie Torrence who overcame her severe childhood speech impediment to become a celebrated storyteller shares her childhood memories in this collection of twelve stories. Included are anecdotes from her childhood and stories that were recounted by her grandparents and shared by her family some of whose photographs are presented in the book.
