"I'm an editor, working on a contract basis, and I wanted to tell you that I started reading your book this morning and I almost didn't get out on time to get to work! Compelling writing." Rebecca Kutlin

"Your descriptions and the amount of detail gave me a feel for the times as well as your role in it." Gail Switzer

"I just wish you would stick around for another ninety years! We really really need you! Ilyse and I attended for the first time a reading for local Jewish authors organized by the Aquarian Minyan at the Jewish Community Center, and this is how I felt at that reading.

. . . The first author to read was 90 year old Rhoda Curtis who has recently published a memoir of her life entitled Rhoda: Her First Ninety Years. Rhoda has a wonderful comedic sense and presence. She is a fine and commanding public speaker. Also, I wanted to make one final observation about the authors we heard last night. It relates to a favorite subject of mine which I know we have discussed on occasion in various contexts. Rhoda was the only person there from her generation. Most of the other readers and audience members were "baby boomers" (more or less). It was absolutely shocking to observe how a 90 year old woman was so much more lucid, articulate and "with it" than most of the other authors 30 to 40 years younger than she." Patrick Gordis

"This engrossing memoir of a woman still working part time at age 90, and actively involved with people and politics, is a prime portrait of a fully engaged life. . . an exceedingly good read. If people's lives interest you, don't miss it." Celeste Lipow MacLeod, Author

"Rhoda Curtis takes us through the changing worlds in which she has lived from the 1920's to the present. Born in Chicago to Jewish immigrants, she now lives in Berkely. She writes with penetrating intelligence, compassion, humor, and a novelist's sense of story. The book is gripping, not only as a personal story but as a historical and cultural narrative." Maria Espinosa, Author

"Your life is an excellent example of how one should live one." Larry Taub, Author, Historian, Futurist

. . ."this is fine social history." Judy Gilbert, Author

"You are a marvelous writer. I couldn't put the book down." Monique Elias, Concert Pianist

"RHODA: HER FIRST NINETY YEARS" is the story of a brave woman who was willing to take risks in order to live life fully and creatively. The book is fun to read and inspirational." Marilyn Yalom, Author

"I loved your book. . . reading it was a very beautiful experience." Carol Sachal

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