Books with author James F. Marran

The soldiers are coming home to one of the country's deepest recessions. The unemployment rate is double digits. Unrest and demonstrations are rampant in every major U.S. city. It's the summer of 1973 and the Viet Nam War is coming to an end while the Watergate presidential scandal is just getting started. Against this back drop, six year old CeCe lives with her grandmother and older brother Liam on a small farm outside of Seattle while her widowed father is on the other side of the world helping to pioneer global air travel. The isolated farm has not been modernized since the nineteen fifties. Daily life with Grandma Grace stands in stark contrast to the turbulence of the times and the amazing breakthroughs of the American aviation and space industries. CeCe and her brother rescue a fledgling crow from feral cats and Blackie the Crow becomes the most amazing pet as they learn to care for him. Like the fledgling crow, CeCe is surrounded by extended family and friends who help care for her while she struggles to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand why her WWII War Hero father is so distant. A veteran from a different war - the Vietnam War - crosses paths with Ce Ce that summer to change her life forever.

The soldiers are coming home to one of the country's deepest recessions. The unemployment rate is double digits. Unrest and demonstrations are rampant in every major U.S. city. It's the summer of 1973 and the Viet Nam War is coming to an end while the Watergate presidential scandal is just getting started. Against this back drop, six year old CeCe lives with her grandmother and older brother Liam on a small farm outside of Seattle while her widowed father is on the other side of the world helping to pioneer global air travel. The isolated farm has not been modernized since the nineteen fifties. Daily life with Grandma Grace stands in stark contrast to the turbulence of the times and the amazing breakthroughs of the American aviation and space industries. CeCe and her brother rescue a fledgling crow from feral cats and Blackie the Crow becomes the most amazing pet as they learn to care for him. Like the fledgling crow, CeCe is surrounded by extended family and friends who help care for her while she struggles to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand why her WWII War Hero father is so distant. A veteran from a different war - the Vietnam War - crosses paths with Ce Ce that summer to change her life forever.

Through verse these are my observations and perhaps a tiny insight into the torment my mother suffered because of the dementia. It was a difficult time. She gradually deteriorated until eventually she hardly knew what was happening to her. But for me it was torturous. Trying to understand how she was feeling , how frightened she must have been. Trying desperately to help her but not knowing what to do to ease her suffering.In the end death was her blessed relief but for those still experiencing this painful time I hope my little verses may help you to understand. Give comfort where you can. Nothing lasts forever for any of us.