A Strong West Wind: A Memoir

A memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The Boston Globe offers an evocative portrait of growing up in the Texas Panhandle during the 1950s and the rebellious 1960s, describing her introspective childhood, voracious love of reading, the anguish of the Vietnam War, turbulent romance, and rebellion against her beloved father. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.