EAST WEST HAME’S BEST is a memoir of a girl finding her identity in the ‘50s and ‘60s on a farm northeast of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The four ancestral families of the central character are the keystones of her Scottish inheritance. Some historically significant individuals are mentioned in reference to ideas and events important to the story as a whole. This book is a product of the author’s memory and imagination, conceived originally as a straightforward family memoir. What came along was a series of stories of all sorts. The structure now resembles the matriarch’s miscellany.