She Was Eighteen and a Half: A Memoir

By Albert Elias

This remarkable memoir traces Albert Elias's youth in New York City during the Great Depression, his experience on D-Day, his marriage, children, and a series of humorous and poignant life adventures... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595241468
• ISBN13: 9780595241460
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Two of the Greatest Generation

SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND A HALF is one man's memories of an America which no longer exists. Born before the Great Depression Elias' boyhood was lived in & around a thriving New York City. He tries working with his father at the New York Times, before joining up for World War II. In the 1st Engineer Special Brigade he arrives in England to prepare for D-Day. Later he returns home, meets Rea & marries her before he's assigned to Okinawa in 1945.After more than two years husband & wife at last set up home in a country bound & determined to forget war. Soon the Great American Dream takes on another dimension when the attending doctor badly handles the birth of their first son. Then polio strikes Rea down. That they were young, innocent & determined is part of the heroism of this gentle memoir.Searching for a career Albert lights upon the pharmaceutical business. With many fond memories of England, he & his family take a transfer there & so their travels begin.In SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND A HALF we share in the richness of Albert & Rea Elias' golden jubilee marriage, intertwined with their commitment to research in Cerebral Palsy, his eccentric family characters, their travels & trials. Rebeccasreads recommends SHE WAS EIGHTEEN AND A HALF as a fine example of a family memoir -- the life & times of the last half of the 20th century.