This memoir gives a thoughtful and detailed account of the eventful life ofKitty Freund from her early days in the First World War until the celebrationof her one hundred and sixth birthday. Born in Liverpool, from the ageof eighteen months, she lived in Norwood Jewish Orphanage, in Londonwinning a County Council Scholarship to Streatham Hill High School forGirls. Later she trained as a teacher. Kitty met Hans Freund, a Jewish refugeefrom Berlin, who in the Second World War enlisted with the allied forcesin North Africa. She joined Hans in South Africa, where they married andbrought up their family.Kitty describes her early years in the Orphanage and her relationshipswith her family and friends. She recounts memories, both of the First andSecond World War. Despite the challenge of the war years, Kitty never lostsight of her love of life and people.The book describes her life in South Africa at the time of the repressiveApartheid regime and her work training teachers across the colour bar. Theauthor has seen many changes over her 106 years. Her ability to recall in vividdetail her life experiences help to make this a moving account of times gone by