Building Solid

<p><strong>In frank and emotionally rewarding stories a woman recalls her life from a feminist Jewish and largely humorous perspective. Her stories and her prose are delightful and sometimes hilarious.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Each one is a lovingly curated memory. She has an ability to write like a bright child thinks and feels. The variety of her life's experiences allows her to formulate insights that many people would enjoy. <strong>A fulfilling cheering and comforting book overall describing (the kind of) wisdom that only time can impart!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Joan writes about both coasts:</strong> a childhood among post WWII refugees in Manhattan and then leaving her family for college marriage a commune and art school in Portland Oregon.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>She shares some of the pivotal events and decisions involved in ultimately leaving Portland for Seattle through a second marriage and the raising of two sons 23 years apart</strong> all the while creating original sculpture and drawings.</p>