Holes in my Shoes

About the Book

Journey back eighty years to a time of drugstore soda fountains, penny candy, homemade root beer, and ten-cent movies. Visit an era when people enjoyed such simple pleasures as sitting on the front porch, visiting with neighbors in the evening while the children played “kick the can” in a street devoid of traffic. What was life like in a world that had no television, cell phones, answering machines, computers, DVDs, electronic games, microwaves? Were those people happy? Yes, in spite of the Great Depression, they were happy and resourceful. Follow one family as it lives through a time in America’s history when everyone’s future was uncertain; when everyone cared and shared.

About the Author

“When holes appeared in the soles of my shoes, I would find some cardboard and slip it inside my shoe. When the cardboard wore out, I found another piece of cardboard. It didn’t embarrass me. Everyone had holes in their shoes.” Born in 1925, Alice Breon grew up during the Great Depression. Unaware that there was any other lifestyle, the children who lived during those years, 1929-1939, were happy and creative. Families helped one another during those lean times, sharing whatever they could spare. This book tells the story of one family’s experiences through that era. In her book, “ Green Gravy, Monster Bread and Other Adventures“, Alice continues her story with the beginning of World War II when she was 16-years-old and covers the next 25 years featuring humorous adventures as an air force wife living in Japan during the Cold War. Alice and her husband, Woody, live in State College, Pennsylvania.