Memories are as ephemeral as fog on the mountain, yet they return again and again as the stories we tell ourselves. These become our private truths. In Memory Quilt, Boulder author Carol Grever recounts her grandparents' precarious journey from the Great Depression through the 1940's, weaving in family stories recalled by two remaining generations. Follow the Strouds through their crucible of poverty and wandering and discover their center of strength. In this revealing personal history, Grever has stitched together scraps of family lore into a warm memory quilt that cradles in its folds encouragement and truth that still apply, half a century later. -- back cover.