I had a really good time writing this novel. I traced my family tree last year and came up with this idea. I based the setting on my old grade school and neighborhood, where I spent a few years in the early 70s. So many memories came rushing back as I wrote about Samantha's journey to a world so much different than our present time. You had to get up to change the channel on the TV. There were no answering machines or voicemail. No cell phones, and no microwaves! This story is sure to take you back to another time!