Marta Hiatt

Marta Hiatt

 


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Marta Hiatt was a psychotherapist with a private practice in the Bay Area for 25 years, but is  now retired.  Her interests include writing, reading and playing tennis.  She also has a cute little Bichon Frize dog who loves to go on long walks with her.

Remembrances of Times Past

Marta Hiatt
Northern Star Press (2006)
ISBN 9780962092930
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (9/06)

In this era of “information overload,” Marta Hiatt’s entertaining new book offers a meaningful pause to reflect on a time long forgotten. “Remembrances of Times Past: A Nostalgic Collection of Personal Stories and Photographs Recalling the Way Life Was in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century” takes readers on a wistful journey back in time, to the first half of the last century. 

The 20th Century was a whirlwind era with enormous changes in technology, culture, and lifestyle.  From horse-and-buggy to landing on the moon, the past hundred years evolved at lightning speed. Hiatt recalls many of the ‘good old day’ moments of Model-T Fords, stay-at-home-moms, atom-bomb shelters, radio days and manual typewriters.  Through her diverse collection of hundreds of vignettes and photographs, Hiatt captures the often amusing, sometimes hard to believe, but always interesting lives of ‘real-people’ and their personal history.