Nanny Goat Hill by Marie Flaim Tedford (Stories, Poems and Preface by) - 2019

Author Marie Flaim Tedford of northern Vermont recently celebrated her 99th birthday by alerting all-ages of readers that these short stories are still available, fresh, clean, and still timely. Seen through the eyes of Maria, a pre-teen. Maria spends time thinking and observing about boys, girls, nuns, sickness, death, prejudice, her Italian family, boarders, step-parents, Irish and German friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and eccentric crazies. Marie Tedford's stories are realistic, moving, laced with dry humor, and understated -- all the classic elements for delightful reading. She was raised in 1930s small town life in northern New Jersey, "a perfect place and time to explore a child's imagination. Peer authors Mark Pendergrast, Jim Defilippi, and Dan Close contributed to these comments. 22 stories; 8 poems.