In an age when children are more likely to be mesmerized by electronics than roused to catch night crawlers in the cemetery, Girl Under Construction recaptures, through the innocent eyes of a five year old, the hands-on life of the 1930s. This creative nonfiction memoir offers readers the charming view of a portion of a life-namely, the author's adventure-filled childhood and inspiring relationship with her grandfather, known throughout the story as Grampa. In palpable detail, Joyce Ward recounts the struggles and triumphs of that delicate age, when she was unknowingly building the foundation...