Christmas services in a country church . . . going to town on a Saturday night . . . the utter deliciousness of homemade ethnic food. These are only some of the memories shared by the members of the North Star Chapter of Germans from Russia in this beautiful anthology. The authors’ experiences span decades and cross state boundaries, evoking feelings that all descendants of immigrants share. The voices of the past shine through in these pages, good times and hard times, family and friends, new things colliding with old ways. The warmth and steadfastness of these pioneers remains the same, viewed through the eyes of the people who experienced it.