Forget Me Knots … from the Front Porch
By Helen Kay Polaski 

     It's not quite Chicken Soup for the Porch-lover's Soul, but it comes close. Forget Me Knots … from the Front Porch is a collection of memories, all taking place on the front porch. Helen Kay Polaski assembled and edited this collection of memories. They are not her memories, but rather those of about 40 different individuals.

      Unlike the better-known Chicken Soup series, these stories do not necessarily have a specific lesson, inspiration or motivation behind them. These are heart-warming, "fuzzy" tales that feel even more like chicken soup than the Chicken Soup series does.

      What is the appeal of these Forget Me Knot tales? It is best stated on page 16: "When you were 12, politics was a foreign word and you had no need to worry about things like bombs and Khrushchev. Whoever he was." These are little snippets of memories to when we all were younger and more innocent.

      This is a true anthology, with each story written in the unique style of its author, making it as well suited for bathroom reading as for enjoying on the front porch swing.