Theresa Patnode Shares 1930S Rural American in New Memoir
By: Christina Mancuso Sep. 21, 2015
Theresa Patnode grew up on a New York farm, experiencing a simpler and more balanced life in 1930s rural America. Her memoir "In Gratitude to My Guardian Angel" (published by iUniverse) reminisces her childhood, describing her memories as a 10-year-old girl living in the New York State Adirondack Mountains and the lessons she learned from this unique period.
In "In Gratitude to My Guardian Angel," Patnode reflects the conflicts of living on a farm in searing poverty with eleven siblings in the cold unforgiving North Country with only her guardian angel as a source of comfort. Few today have experienced the many scenarios Patnode relates in a starkly realistic manner. Some of those experiences include family struggles on their Ellenburg, New York farm with inclement weather ruining crops, rodent infestation, snow clogged roads as she helps with barn chores, learns basic catholic ideologies in her local church, dresses freshly killed chickens to eat, helps can fresh tomatoes, goes to school in a one-room schoolhouse without running water and attends fun school picnics.
A true story of survival, family and hope, "In Gratitude to My Guardian Angel" portrays stunning details of a historical time in the United States, a time that was simpler and more basic than the fast-paced, constantly escalating quest for faster and more sophisticated technology in the age of the new millennium.
"In Gratitude to My Guardian Angel"
By Theresa Patnode
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 218 pages | ISBN 9780595705849
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 218 pages | ISBN 9780595457472
E-Book | 218 pages | ISBN 9780595900503
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Theresa Patnode started life as one of 12 children on a New York farm and rose to prominence as builder, owner and administrator of the Little Flower Nursing Home in East Islip, Long Island.
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