Date of Review:

12/14/2006

Published Work:

Briarhopper: A History

Reviewer:

Necia Liles, Editor

Source:

Ex Libris, Friends of the Healdsburg Library, The Healdsburg Tribune

Review Excerpt:

"Larry Archibald...strode in and out of her life until, after her freshman year at San Jose State and during the depths of the Depression, they married. The family was able to stay together through most of WWII, and Dalna's memory of VJ Day makes the reader want to stand up and throw confetti. 

"By the time we get old enough to relate our stories to our children, and they are old enough to be interested, we have put a lot of pain and loathing, tears and deceits out of our minds, done a lot of forgiving, and have chosen to remember only the good parts of the times and people who made up our lives. That is as it should be; it keeps us from a bitter old age. Dalna's story trips lightly with love and humor over decades of struggle, in spite of stinging poverty and a frightening war..."

Link to Full Review:

Ex Libris, FOHL. "Briarhopper: A History," by Mary Lynn Archibald