WATERMELON DREAMS

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A Legacy. Although Watermelon Dreams evolved over several years, the finished book developed during the present coronavirus pandemic. Documenting the evolution of a sprawling, often eccentric, mid-American family, its heart, or central section, depicts another time of crisis WWII, especially as witnessed by a very young child. Based on stories told to me as I was growing up, intimate memories arose in the act of writing as vivid, sensual recollections and fears of the unknown. Emotions for which I did not yet have words. Urgent voices on the radio were terrifying, especially since I knew somehow they were related to my