Comments on: Debut Showcase for Mid-January, 2010 http://www.tianevitt.com/2010/01/debut-showcase-for-mid-january-2010/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Fantasy Author and Blogger Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:31:44 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: superwench83 http://www.tianevitt.com/2010/01/debut-showcase-for-mid-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 superwench83 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:55:07 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=571#comment-1105 It's such a strange thing to look at all the blessings we have now versus what people went through in the Depression. And then the Depression generation lived through WWII as well. I think I'll have to read this book. It's something I think I should know more about, the struggles my grandparents had that I never had to endure. My grandfather actually had a nervous breakdown later in life because of what he endured during the Depression. At twelve years old, he got a job digging graves and covering them back up once the coffins were in place. I can't imagine what it would be like to face so much death at such a young age. And then he was in the war, and he still doesn't like to talk about it. It's so hard to imagine. Anyway. Sorry for my rambling! It’s such a strange thing to look at all the blessings we have now versus what people went through in the Depression. And then the Depression generation lived through WWII as well. I think I’ll have to read this book. It’s something I think I should know more about, the struggles my grandparents had that I never had to endure. My grandfather actually had a nervous breakdown later in life because of what he endured during the Depression. At twelve years old, he got a job digging graves and covering them back up once the coffins were in place. I can’t imagine what it would be like to face so much death at such a young age. And then he was in the war, and he still doesn’t like to talk about it. It’s so hard to imagine.

Anyway. Sorry for my rambling!

]]> By: Tia Nevitt http://www.tianevitt.com/2010/01/debut-showcase-for-mid-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Tia Nevitt Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:17:33 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=571#comment-1096 My parents grew up during the Depression. My mother (who is from Ireland) was sent to live with an aunt in England when she was fourteen. My father did finish high school, then he joined the military, then he went to college on his GI Bill. My parents grew up during the Depression. My mother (who is from Ireland) was sent to live with an aunt in England when she was fourteen. My father did finish high school, then he joined the military, then he went to college on his GI Bill.

]]> By: superwench83 http://www.tianevitt.com/2010/01/debut-showcase-for-mid-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 superwench83 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:04:20 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=571#comment-1095 Wench and The Blue Orchard sound interesting. My grandfather was about the same age as the protagonist of The Blue Orchard during the Great Depression, and he, too, was forced to quit school to go to work for the family. So it would be interesting to read this book. Wench and The Blue Orchard sound interesting. My grandfather was about the same age as the protagonist of The Blue Orchard during the Great Depression, and he, too, was forced to quit school to go to work for the family. So it would be interesting to read this book.

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