Journey on the Home Front

About the Book

In Journey on the Home Front, Cardozo, a media social historian, contributes a unique perspective to the annals of World War II history. Her perceptive “coming of age” memoir tells of the uprooting of her secure family and the subsequent fun, fear and adventures involved in following her naval officer father, Ralph Rossen MD, off to war.

About the Author

Arlene Ora Rossen Cardozo, PhD is the author of Woman At Home (Doubleday), Sequencing (Atheneum/MacMillan/ Brownstone Books), Jewish Family Celebrations (St. Martin’s Press), and The Liberated Cook (David McKay) plus hundreds of articles, essays and book reviews. She taught media history and media sociology at the University of Minnesota for many years, and taught writing for publication in the Split Rock Summer Arts program. She currently produces the readaloudreview.com, and for the past 20 years has produced and narrated Once Upon A Time, the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network children’s program. She loves most in life spending time with her beloved husband, cherished daughters, and phenomenal grandchildren