A collection of short stories based on events that took place in Long Island, Bahamas, during the early 1900's, as told to the author by her mother. Stories The Hurricane of 1926, Taffia Madness, School Days, Louis and the Beach Buggy, The Mirror, Homesick, Is It a Bird? Is It a...?, The Missionary and Uncle Willie, The Pretty Box, Christy's Coo Coo, and Farewell Papa