About the Book:

The stories in this book are intended to give readers a glimpse into what it was like to grow up in an old-fashioned family, house, and neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the 1950s and 1960s. The stories are based on my childhood and early teen years in New Orleans and on visits to extended family in rural Alabama between 1950 and 1960. Though the writings are personal, they have a universal appeal in that they depict the poignance and innocence of that era. The chapters portray family life during the "wonder years"� in an old New Orleans neighborhood. I describe charming and sometimes embarrassing adventures with childhood friends, the quaint pleasures of life at my grandmother's "Dunroven"� house in rural Alabama, and family motor trips across the USA. --D. L.

Deborah Little was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her elementary and secondary education was completed in the New Orleans public schools. She received a B.A. in secondary education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1970, an M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from Tulane University in 1973, and a Ph.D. in  educational technology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1987.

Since her retirement in 2006, Deborah has resumed her passion for music by taking up violin after a thirty-year absence. She enjoys exercising, reading, writing and cooking. She is an active participant in Mended Hearts, the Unitarian Universalist Church, PFLAG (Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), and NOW (National Organization for Women).

Deborah is married to Charles Suhor and is the proud stepmother of eleven.  Members of her biological, extended and blended family live in Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Maryland, Florida, and Pennsylvania.