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Yesteryear's Child: Golden Days and Summer Nights

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This is abook well worth reading. It is about how life 100 years ago in small California town affected a girl who grew up from 1896-1914 when she left home to attend the University of California, Berkeley to major in science. Phoebe Westwood was a second generation Californian. Her family were basically English/Scottish.

The author talks about various subjects, food, work week for women, health, femanine hygiene, education, and much more.

In this book the voice of the young girl is never lost.

Yesteryear's Child is now on the suggested reading list for California schools in California History.

A must read for anyone interested in a woman's point of view about life 100 years ago.

This is the story of my great-grandmother for whom I was named. When I was a fifth grader I read the book and I enjoyed it. It was interesting to see that even though the years seperated us, we really have similarities.

This book was great for info about the days gone by! If ever you wondered how they dealt with things then, this is perfect. I especially liked it because it took place where I live, Oroville California. ( a very small town.... )