Jayne H. Champion's heartwarming memoir about growing up "half-Jewish" in a suburban Connecticut town will have you laughing at her predicaments and cheering her on as she finds her way to happiness. Jayne’s parents moved the family to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1950, when Jayne was just six months old. Her neighborhood was bursting with post-war young marrieds (many of them Jewish) and their 2.5 children, every backyard connected so that kids were constantly running back and forth. It was noisy and nonstop until the streetlights came on at night. That was our signal to retreat to our small colonial houses, lined up on our block in a neat little row. Then suddenly, life as Jayne knew it changed dramatically. Her family moved to another street in town. To a bigger, older house. The new neighbors were quiet, well dressed, and spoke in what seemed to be an entirely different language of refinement and restraint. This was quite different from the boisterous, chaotic world from which she came. And by the way, these people were so not Jewish. All of this was a great deal to handle for a fourth-grade girl with a foot in each culture. The author takes you on her journey of self-discovery with an abundance of both humor and honesty. Enjoy!