Memories of the Islands

<P> Through stories and anecdotes Jay Barber takes the reader into the world he once knew a world the present generation can hardly believe existed only a few decades ago.</P><P> Barber left that world at the age of 18 seeking to find a better one but the memories of his youth and that place stuck to him like the waterline on the trees in the Islands swamps.</P><P> He shares his childhood in <EM>Memories of the Islands</EM> while recording a history of the Barber family in Martin County North Carolina and their struggles to survive the Great Depression the flood of 1940 and a number of family tragedies. </P><P> Looking back he realizes that his two worlds were connected like the swamps and the islands where he grew up.</P><P> Factual and honest about the times and events<EM> Memories of the Islands</EM> will pull at your heart strings and make you laugh and it will jog the memory of the older generation about a time that was.</P><P> <EM>Memories of the Islands</EM> is a book for all ages and for all times.</P>