The II5 letters in this book were written by a woman whose life spanned the center of the twentieth century. Hers is a story of ordinary people - how they lived and loved and worked and died - during a period of extraordinary change. As Miss Edna s life unfolds she is caught up in the abnormal rate of change that moved the world through the century. Her experiences move from slates to computers from travel in buggies to airplanes from homes with wood cook stoves to modern electric facilities. Read about the trials of The Great Depression the tragedies of World War II the horror of death by cancer. Feel the love of family and the value of friendships.