An impressive new book from Point Reyes Station author

“Anne and the Twentieth Century” is the surprisingly appropriate title of the newly published memoirs of Anne R. Dick, a longtime Point Reyes Station resident, bed-and-breakfast owner, jewelry-maker and author of seven books of poetry and reminiscences. 

In telling stories about herself and her family, Anne—now 89—uses contemporaneous news events throughout the century as backdrops. These events range from the Great Depression (“Mom served one vegetarian meal a week to save money”) to World War…