Many details of life in rural America around the turn of the last century will be lost as those who experienced them pass away. Born in 1927, author Mary Ruth Hoffman Heine shares stories of her family and times, weather and war, and gives folks today a taste of what some will find hard to believe. The impact of extended family in earlier days was far different than it is today. Life in the late 19th century played a real role in the author's life because she was blessed to live with grandparents in her family home. Her lilting "voice" entertains as it informs. Written as a gift for her family, readers will also appreciate these remembrances of hardship, love, opportunity, and humor in "Through My Green Years" - the first nineteen years of Mrs. Heine's life.