Publisher's Synopsis
Bernice (Neicei) Charlotte Freedman Degen was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1927, between the worls wars.
As a wife, mother, and grandmother, she dedicates herself to her family, politics, and the arts. She brings her music studies at the New England Conservatory of Music to the rhythm and flow of her writing. Her words often focus on the environment and human rights as well as loss and love.
Memoir Of a Fifties Queen is the first published collection of her poetry and writing.