It Was Long Ago It Was Yesterday

"In the first volume of her memoir, Of Many Houses,A Young Woman’s Journey from the Third Reich to theNew World, Felicia Altman Gilbert begins her stor y inBerlin in 1917 and continues with a rich portrait ofher youth and wanderings in a Europe torn byviolence. That volume concludes with her safe arrivalin the United States and the start of a very differentand unpredictable life in a new country. In this, thesecond volume of her memoir, published at the age of94, she looks back at her progress through adulthood,her marriage and the raising of her children. From herexperience, lived moment by moment, she shapes anintimate histor y of a well-lived life and of a closefamily during times of change and discovery."