Paula L. Cartwright takes a peep into her family's history and fictionalizes the story as she remembers hearing the facts from her Aunt Mary K. The story begins with her grandmother as a sixteen year-old bride leaving a village near Naples, Italy, with her chaperon, the aunt of the young bridegroom who sent for her. The story follows them to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they begin life together. They rear seven children between 1902 to 1941. The author paints a picture of the times and brings to life the sights, sounds, and smells of those years.