The Journey

About the Book

Part memoir, part anecdotal family history and genealogy, this is a personal book that explores the parallel lives of a two individuals beginning in 1925. Their life journey brings them together, and the narratives highlight their early years together before they had children. The quest into family history led to the inclusion of vignettes about a few family members of yesteryears to remind us that the family circle is wide. It includes the living and the dead and the yet-to-be.

About the Author

Co-authors Walter B. Varland and Elaine Elliott Varland are retired and live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Walter served in the U. S. Navy, graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and for 35 years was associated with Varland Metal Service, Inc., in Cincinnati. Elaine graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and had a 23-year career in public health for the City of Cincinnati. Their family circle includes two daughters and two sons, their spouses, grandchildren and great grandchildren plus a large extended family. Their first book, The Journey, Volume 1 was published in 2009.