Oma Boyd thrust wide open a window to the past in the lives of her mountain people. She is carried along an unchartered course through the memories of an old mountain woman with dementia.

"Once again Oma Boyd ('Round This Mountain) has captured the spirit and the soul of the mountains and its people. Through the story of Dandelion (Dandy), a foundling, we relive mountain living in days gone by: the barn frolic, the arrival of the mail order catalog, the traveling preacher. But, above all else, we develop with Dandy that sense of home, that sense of place-that characteristic held so deeply by mountain people."