Books with author Vivian Day

The author has “a pirate’s chest” of silver to leave her children. But silver tarnishes, begs to be stolen, and, most of all, is mute. Instead, she offers memories: “Stories to page through and chuckle over. No need to keep them polished.” Paper Heirloom is an openhearted, witty, reflective memoir of a shy girl who has been “lucky since the age of five.” Witkind Davis takes us from a robber baron grandfather whom she never knew, through a difficult time as a preschooler, and into fascinating tales of growing up in a large, successful Ohio family during the turbulent nineteen-sixties.“The story we bring out annually about Uncle Fred is how he changed the date of Thanksgiving.”“How come you keep a bong in your vanity drawer?” asked my son, Josh. “How come you know it’s a bong?” I asked him.“However much they love their sports teams, most fans can’t buy them…Char did.”