Spanning a saga of four generations, over a hundred years of tradition and history, and a heart-wrenching account of numerous lives, `Emeralds and Aquamarines` stirs the reader as few books do in today`s times. Where simplicity and honesty vie with each other for supremacy in daily living, where values matter above all, and goodwill is the only will adhered to, this first-person account is all about the goodness of a man as the way to an ideal society. The reader will find himself involved with the characetrs; sharing their sorrows and celebrating their joys. The characters live on... in us.