In her breezy optimistic voice Rosalind Starrels Greenwald selects vivid memories from her century of life such as when her Philadelphia home was wired for electricity how the new Frigidaire replaced the icebox and how she and her family and friends gathered around the RCA radio and the Victrola. Greenwald celebrates the memory of her husband of fifty-three years Louis Greenwald a dental surgeon and Army officer who served overseas in World War II In search of new surroundings during those lonel