Born in 1909, Rosetta was the youngest of a family of ten children. They didn't have much money, but the riches of their zany antics and laughter overflowed into the neighborhood. That love of laughter continued throughout her long life. One of her fondest childhood memories was when neighbors knocked at their door, saying, "Can we come in and laugh with you?" Rosetta Schwartz (later Rosetta Shifrin and finally Rosetta Lachman) wrote this memoir in 1989 when she was 80 years old. Her daughter, author Morgan St. James, uncovered it and edited it in 2012, adding her own comments and those from...

RAMPAGING RUSSIANS, TREACHEROUS TEAPOTS, TWIN SLEUTHS, OLD MAGICIANS and MURDER Twin sleuths Goldie and Godiva, the Silver Sisters, are at it again-tracking seven stolen teapots from Alaska to LA. Why are the teapots worth killing for? What are the thugs really after? Will they get away with murder? A shipment of Russian tea dispensers called samovars fails to arrive at Goldie's antique shop in Alaska, the ladies from the Russian Orthodox church who ordered one for their retiring priest are driving her crazy and before the wayward antiques are located, his young replacement is murdered....

It's trouble at sea when eighty-year old Flossie and Sterling Silver, former Vaudeville magicians, are invited on a relaxing cruise. Goldie's husband, Captain Red Pepper, has arranged for her mother and uncle to sail on his ship, the Aurora Borealis, and mingle with magicians during the Magic on the High Seas cruise. Goldie thinks it's a great idea and her twin sister, Godiva, sees it as a chance to keep the old folks out of trouble while she spends time with her new boyfriend, Dexter Diamond. Magic turns to mayhem when one of the star magicians is murdered on board and Uncle Sterling becomes...