Freya Manfred

3277. Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers, by Freya Manfred (read Dec 9, 1999) This is a memoir by the daughter of Frederick Manfred, who when he wrote as Feike Feikema put out a novel called This is the Year, which I read with great appreciation in June of 1948. Much of this book is devoted to telling of Manfred's decline and death, and I am unfortunately old enuf not to particularly be entranced by such a detailed account of a long decline that faces most of us sometime. I read the book because I heard and saw the author--relatively rare for us in my area.… (meer)