Happy Victory

If you remember attending Catholic school getting your first kiss or sneaking that first cigarette you will enjoy Happy Victory. A little girl revisits the Polish household she shared with her father grandmother and single aunt during the long hospitalization and eventual death of her mother. Her innocent matter-of-fact reasoning sees her through some harsh realities of life with her unpredictable stepmother. Although there are some shocking revelations and sadness in this memoir the child s cockeyed view of her world will entertain you with laughout- loud short story episodes told in the little girl s voice.