Rosalina's Story tells of a young immigrant woman who entered the United States on a fraudulent fiance visa and, already with 13 year's experience as a prostitute, continued to apply her keenly-sharpened skill in attracting men. Many of the men she lured to her bed awoke to find their pockets empty; some never awoke at all. As a young woman without conscience but with a ungovernable fondness for money and real estate, she had a successful, four-year career in this land of opportunity. But of course all things come to an end, as did the life of her uncomprehending third husband. And with the end of his life came the end of her most profitable career, but not the end of her story.
Indelible Gifts is a true story of Sigvard Hansen and Beverley Means, a Washington Couple whose lives spanned most of the twentieth century. Their early years were marred by calamities. His Danish immigrant parents were ruined by the collapse of wheat prices in 1914. She was left fatherless by the flu epidemic of 1918. Before their lives were over, they would know the modern calamities of Alzheimer's disease and AIDS. Married near the start of the Great Depression, they began their life together with nothing but optimism, intelligence, and the habit of hard work. Both became teachers; he was propelled by his interest in American history, government and sports; she, by her love of languages and music. They seemed an unlikely couple; she didn't care about sports; he couldn't carry a tune. Still, they were unified by their faith in young people, their service to others, and their great capacity to enjoy life together. After four decades of work - for which they never earned more than $12,000 a year - they'd built a sizable estate. But they had already left far more indelible gifts, not only to their children and grandchildren but to scores of friends and thousands of students who were lucky enough to know them. This is a story of humor and sadness, anguish and contentment, tragedy and success. But above all it is an inspiring love story, a hymn to marriage and the raising of children, and a satisfying illustration of life lived according to principle. In the story of Sig and Bey Hansen, the reader will find indelible gifts of his own.
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