A young girl learns much about her mother as she reads a collection of poems written before she was born that capture her mother's memories of living around the world and growing up as a child of an Air Force serviceperson. Includes author's note, list of Air Force bases, and explanation of the free verse and tanka poetry forms used
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Any Child
Settings: Around the World, Germany, Japan, Portugal, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American
Character Prominence: Joint Main