Album from the Silent Generation

By Eve Ott

Eve Ott's insightful collection of recollections, Album from the Silent Generation, traces the life of a young woman from a pre-feminist conservative background to her joyous emancipation at the spunky age of thirty. Her personal journey is set against a backdrop of WWII, Bay of Pigs, Kruschev, the assassinations of Kennedy and King, death of Pope John, the Vietnam War, and the Beatles. We cheer her on as she struggles, sallies forth, and soars. ~ Gloria Vando, Publisher/editor, Helicon Nine Editions Album for the Silent Generation is comprised of a series of interlocking poems that connect into a long novel-like narrative in verse, giving us chapters of the narrator's youth, from her early childhood through adolescence to married life and finally divorce. The life portrayed skillfully shows the young narrator's innocence yet growing awareness, full of gains and losses, an adventure, fortified by courage and a desire to live a full life. It is fascinating and heartening to watch the girl and later woman grow in awareness and independence, but not without regrets, so touchingly and yet ironically shown in the concluding poem. An admirable, brave work giving us an admirable, brave life, a cast of colorful characters that range from close-ups of her extended families to encounters with Pearl Bailey, Patti Page JFK, and Nikita Kruschev, Italian boys on the beach, and more. ~ Patricia Lawson, author, with Phillip Miller, of Why We Love Our Cats and Dogs From a bullet-nosed Studebaker, or sharing the blanket warmth with a complete stranger on the Washington Mall as a young President challenges his nation to: "Ask not..." to the shared sorrow of condolences across the language barrier upon the death of a pope, in Album from the Silent Generation, Eve Ott leads us through a lifetime of shared memories in words of wise and witty insight. So let me add my voice to the others for the years of fine tuning dedication, and grace of imagery she has brought to the language, always in her words a smile, sometimes knowing, sometimes ironic, sometimes tender and always just the right light touch. ~ Jim Miller, poet and creative linguist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615939724
• ISBN13: 9780615939728
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Aldrich Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"