In this charming, evocative and tender anecdotes-memoir, Belkis M. Marte manages to engage the reader with ease. Her stories are full of life, portraying a time when her family was enveloped by poverty, living in the countryside, yet everyday was an adventure and a bliss disguised as want and need. Her effective, simple narrative style, adorned with a great sense of humor, the author's sincere love, joy and longing for her family, and especially her father, and her understanding that their love and care were essential to her current happiness, makes of My Childhood Memories a most rewarding experience.