Born to an unwed mother in 1916 and left with two great aunts who take in all the unwanted children in the family, Rona learns early that life can be happy or hard, but it is never predictable. Follow Rona as she moves from a poor but loving home to a posh boarding school and back; feel her anxiety when she is sent to America at fifteen to live with a mother she doesn't know and a stepfather who doesn't want her; see her determination as she travels back to Scotland to marry her pen pal; watch her bring three children into the world during the depression and raise them alone through the deprivations of the war years in Britain while her husband is off fighting WWII; see Rona and Johnny try to build a better life for their family when they immigrate to America in 1951. In many respects their circumstances improve, but life is still full of sharp edges.About the Author: When Arlene Murray Adelkopf started writing short stories, many of them were about her mother's life and her own life growing up in Scotland. Arlene was born during the depression and spent the war years with her mother and siblings in Edinburgh while her father served in the British Army in Europe from 1940 until 1946. Finally giving up on the stagnant economy in Britain after the war, the family decided to immigrate to America in 1951 Some of Arlene's short stories have been published in two anthologies, "For Cryin' Out Loud," and "Voices of Parkland," which were produced by the Writers' Cafes she belongs to in Tamarac and Parkland, Florida. Many of her short stories became the basis for her book about her mother, Rona, A Life With Sharp Edges, which she wrote at the urging of her writing friends. Arlene now lives in Ft. Lauderdale with her husband, Allan.