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Most memoirs are written by famous men-important men who have led successful lives. One hears little of their wives except a "thank you for your patience" or a dedication in the introduction. This memoir is nothing like that. I have been married for fifty-two years, but you will scarcely find a mention of my husband in this book. This is my story. It is the story of a girl who left the still-war-torn United Kingdom and entered the confusing world of the Middle East. New languages, new customs, and a quick shift from the life of a single girl in Regent's Park to a mother with a tiny baby in an...

This book is about surviving all the changes that took place in my life and in the World during the 1960s to 1990s . I had always written letters because when I was young that was the only way to communicate. Telephones were rare and calls were expensive. Invitations, condolences, thank you notes and love letters were all written.

After I learned to type I worked in an office and every letter of course had to have a carbon copy. Somehow this stuck and when I married and started moving around I always made carbon copies of my letters.

In the beginning I wrote to my parents then my sister and...