by Louise Tunstead

The book is about Louise Tunstead's life story. She was a premature baby who was taken to the Sick Children's Hospital. She was given blood by her mother so she could live. Louise had six brothers and four sisters. When Louise was two years old her big brother died. When he was alive he used to look after Louise.

Louise was young during the Depression. She used to have a happy life until her father got a job and spent a lot of time drinking with his friends. When she was seven years old she saw her father drunk for the first time. Louise was terrified. She thought he was sick, but soon found out that her father's drinking problem was going to be part of her life. Sometimes when Louise got home from school, she found her mother beaten up by her father.

Louise met George, her future husband, at the bowling alley when she was sixteen. They got married when she turned eighteen. They went to Ottawa for their honeymoon. Later they had children. They lived for a while with Louise's parents. Louise's Dad gave up drinking and both her parents loved the grandchildren very dearly. After that, Louise and George ran a foster home and cared for many foster children.

We liked this book.

A review by Darsham Kaloti, Marianne Edwards and Richard Cardy, Duncan, B.C.