It's Been Great!

From the streets of Fargo North Dakota to the markets of Algiers (but mostly closer to home) Rebecca Lukens has lived a long life enriched by education teaching writing and maybe most of all by family. In a wry witty and engaging voice she presents bright snapshots of herself her parents and siblings her four children and her grandchildren. Her vignettes have a lovely modesty a full-heartedness a wonderful sense of humor and an aliveness to life's possibilities on every page and together they create a stirring collage that pays close attention to the upheavals and transformations of the 20th century--particularly the changing roles of women. Enthusiastic alert and upbeat IT'S BEEN GREAT! is that rare book that fully earns its exclamation mark.