The Blue Roof

About the Book

The Glazes slipped from good jobs and a cozy bungalow to ditch digging and a neighbor’s chicken house while working toward Mother’s blue roof. As thirteen year old Fannie B., next to the eldest of six children, tells the story, “We thought our luck was holding for another year if no one got sick, got laid off, had another baby, or went to jail.” Life’s lessons can be humorous, pitiful, or both, and each one finds his own way to survive. With a father whose payday bottle could make him behave egregiously, it takes a mother with an indomitable spirit to provide hopeful answers.

About the Author

Author's Note: In the late 1940's the author married and moved to California. That is when her association with Cedar Creek Mill began. After raising four children she returned to work for sixteen years. She and her husband are now both retired from the local university and still live in Arcata.