Nearly all cultures except ours, it seems, value the knowledge and wisdom of their elders. They recognise that the information gleaned through life experiences, when blended with an awareness and understanding of what preceded them, enhances all of existence. With Henry's Daughter, readers are given an extraordinary opportunity to learn of the day-to-day, headline-to-headline world that laid the groundwork for the 21st century in which we live. Author Mildred Norman is not a professor of history nor is she an internationally recognised celebrity. All the better, for her autobiographical insights are those to which everyone can immediately and intimately relate.