Minnesota Memories

Résumé du livre

Joan Claire Graham, Kathy Megyeri, and 7 other Minnesota writers recall twenty-nine of their favorite tales about growing up in the North Star state. With humor and grace, the authors explore both the ordinary and the odd as they relate what life was like in small-town, mid-century America. They recall a Minnesota where hard work, innocence--or not getting caught--and having a little fun was the way to go. The story formula is simple: take a subject and go with it.Tell things the way they happened, and follow a story arc. Add interesting details, and don't forget the humor. Add photographs when possible. This is personal history done right. Forget the time lines and the begats, the crises and grudges; instead, write about the stuff of everyday life. Minnesota Memories provides would-be family historians a fine example of what a successful memoir looks like.