21 Smthfield Drive is part family history, part memoir. Author M. Gail Stelter shares these stories across three sections: her parents' lives, leading up to and including World War II, her own childhood in the post-war years, and finally her young adult years when she met the love of her life, Peter. These stories are filled with vulnerability, humour and insights and illuminate the joys and challenges of the times, of family, and of love.