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A STRONG WEST WIND: A MEMOIR
Southern Living, Apr 2006 by Rippey, Lauren
A STRONG WEST WIND: A MEMOIR BY GAIL CALDWELL (RANDOM HOUSE, $24.95)
The debut memoir from this Pulitzer Prize-winning critic marks a beautifully honest account of a girl's coming-of-age during the Vietnam War in the Texas Panhandle.
Her brave story begins in Amarillo in the 1950s. Caldwell carefully traces her heartbreaks, dreams, and uncertainties as she struggles through a time of social-and emotional-rebellion. From battling polio to first boyfriends to a quick stay in jail, Gail makes no excuses for her choices. She also inspires with touching accounts of her complex father/daughter relationship.
Speckled with literary references that have guided her path, A Strong West Wind also paints scenes of cattle ranches, hometown churches, and the ever-present wind. Gail helps her readers feel at home in the Lone Star State-even as she flees east. -LAUREN RIPPEY
Copyright Southern Progress Corporation Apr 2006
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