The Story

Our childhood and teenage years are times of pure magic and wonder. They are times when we grow, learn, love, laugh, and live as though time stands still. Many look back on those years and the era in which they grew up and claim them to be best time ever in which to be young. Janice Huntsinger is no exception, and in her first book she reminisces with humor and nostalgia of her growing up in 1950s Independence, Missouri, and of the relationship she shared with her older sister, Donna, her best friend and constant companion during those carefree and innocent times. Through recollections of family holidays; school; picking dandelions; learning how to dance; starching petticoats; and trips to the movies in Independence, Jan paints a vivid portrait of a much different, simpler time locked in the American conscious in a black-and-white image of innocence where family, friends, and community were the center of everyone’s world. She invites the reader to join her in her trip down her personal Memory Lane, promising a fun time for all.