WEDDINGS IN THE FAMILY

by Dale Fife ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 22, 1956

Here are all the sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts of an ""Alsacer"" group in East Toledo, from the memory of the author from her 7th year on as she recalls the ways in which cupid's arrows missed their scheduled target. For her mother's dream of bringing over all her family from Alsace meant more and more marriages which did have a way of getting mixed up. Uncle Paulie, the quickest, could not marry imported Marthe who would not conform to American ways -- he wed Violet and Marthe took Caeser. Uncle Florival, the dapper, makes certain that Uncle Theophil, the weaver, will marry Tille -- but she gets Uncle Florival; Uncle Theophil, ones visit to his homeland, is helped by a goat to win Marie while Rousseau Louis and eppi and even Uncle Bertie falls into the tender trap. Throughout are the hurdles of being a ""furner"", of the terrors of an old country Christmas, of ""catlickers"" and ""potlickers"" and even of the threat of the end of the world... The safety behind a tall, strong family wall (of wedding portraits) that offers the best of the old and the best of the new world is conveyed through a little pitcher whose big ears have caught the idiom of her forebears and whose big eyes have not missed the warmth of their living or the joys of their cooking. Wholesome.

Pub Date: June 22, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Cudshy

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION