A 163 page paperback collection of essaya and articles examining family life and women's issues. The book includes a prize-winning story of the author's father's adventures as a hobo during the Depression; ten essays based on her mother's "Rules"; an explication of the author's coming of age in the Fifties; a series of shorter essays arranged by theme: Mothers and Fathers; Bats, Ball, and Boys;Seasons and Reasons; Labors of love; Women in the World;...