Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature

Release date: 2017-10-01
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Genres: Documentary
A septuagenarian woman from St. Louis, Missouri has been a miniaturist, businesswoman, museum president, Girl Scout leader, teacher, student, mother, daughter, and most of all, an indomitable human spirit. Life is what you make it.
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