Is Everybody Happy Now? Growing Up After World War II Shirley Skufca Hickman 9781610092067 Books
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Shirley Skufca Hickman grew up in a Colorado coal mining town during World War II and wrote about those early years in her first book, “Don’t Be Give UP.”Her latest book, Is Everybody Happy Now? continues the story of her family after the war. In 1945 when World War II ended, Shirley Skufca was nine. Two years later, she moved with her teenager sisters and their parents from Crested Butte to Gunnison. Only 28 miles apart, the two Colorado towns had little in common other than their high altitudes, bitter winter cold, and snow-covered streets and buildings. Populated by Croatians, Italians, and a sprinkling of Germans, Crested Butte retained its Eastern European traditions, especially its Catholic faith. Miners were union men and staunch Democrats. In sharp contrast, Gunnison’s Anglo-Saxon ranchers boasted of generations living on the land and held fast to their Protestant faith and the Republican Party. Shirley had never heard the words, culture shock, but after she moved to Gunnison, she was plunged into a world so different from the one she had grown up in, she wondered if she’d ever adapt to this new community. Touching, often humorous and always filled with hope, this book rings true for anyone who’s ever been the new kid in a strange town, trying to be brave while struggling to make friends.
Is Everybody Happy Now? Growing Up After World War II Shirley Skufca Hickman 9781610092067 Books
Full disclosure: I am Shirley Skufca Hickman's cousin and have known her all my life. Despite having read "Don't be Give Up," I did not expect to be so moved by its sequel, "Is Everybody Happy Now?" It's a wonderful read, told in the genuine voice of a young girl facing adolescence, new friends, a different town, and all the anxieties that color the middle school years. Any young boy or girl will recognize some of Shirley's feelings. More powerful is her portrait of Western Colorado in the postwar years and the optic of immigrant families trying to keep up in a postwar economic letdown. Parents defer their dreams in favor of their children. Children "make do" with what they have, while still dreaming the impossible dreams of the young and at the same time obsessing about dress sizes and trying out for the school play. In the end, Shirley's family endures because of their love for each other and a Depression-learned selflessness that is less evident in our times. It makes me miss my parents and hers even more.Product details
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Is Everybody Happy Now? Growing Up After World War II Shirley Skufca Hickman 9781610092067 Books Reviews
As a member of the Mufich family, it was very gratifying to read a follow-up to "Don't Be Give Up". Although life was very tough at times for the Skufca family, they persevered admirably by finding joy and support in family and friends. Some of the stories of the teenage years do illustrate that some things never change when it comes of a teenager. Bravo, Shirley, and once again, thank you so much for keeping our family in our hearts through your writing.
I am a former student of Ms. Hickman and a retired judge. This is a book I would recommend to any reader, but particularly to young people entering or in junior high. It is chock full of inspirational, old-fashioned virtues--something in seemingly short supply these days. Among these are the love and care of good parents and perseverance, optimism, and humor in the face of economic hardship. I also recommend this book to parents who seek to lead their families by example and to teach self reliance to their children. All of this is infused with an eye for detail that make the events in Shirley's life come alive and make the book difficult to put down.
After reading Shirley's "Don't Be Give Up", I didn't want to...I wanted to know more about the Skufca clan. I'm so glad Shirley gave us an even deeper view into the family in "Is Everybody Happy Now? Growing Up After World War II". Shirley shares her happiness, sadness, pride and fears so clearly that you travel the emotional roller coaster right along with her. In fact, Shirley, I'm still feeling awfully guilty about Mama's bedspread. That was a GREAT scene in the book that brought back memories of my own "growing up" years. I truly didn't want to put this book down and I am sure hoping there's another book to follow because this one made me feel so much like 'family' that I want very much to know how Mary, Vera and Shirley fare as they move further on in life. I'm not ready to let go of any of the rest of the family either. More Shirley! More!
Full disclosure I am Shirley Skufca Hickman's cousin and have known her all my life. Despite having read "Don't be Give Up," I did not expect to be so moved by its sequel, "Is Everybody Happy Now?" It's a wonderful read, told in the genuine voice of a young girl facing adolescence, new friends, a different town, and all the anxieties that color the middle school years. Any young boy or girl will recognize some of Shirley's feelings. More powerful is her portrait of Western Colorado in the postwar years and the optic of immigrant families trying to keep up in a postwar economic letdown. Parents defer their dreams in favor of their children. Children "make do" with what they have, while still dreaming the impossible dreams of the young and at the same time obsessing about dress sizes and trying out for the school play. In the end, Shirley's family endures because of their love for each other and a Depression-learned selflessness that is less evident in our times. It makes me miss my parents and hers even more.
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