{"product_id":"a-strong-west-wind-a-memoir-9780812972566","title":"A Strong West Wind: A Memoir","description":"In this exquisitely rendered memoir set on the high plains of Texas, Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell transforms into art what it is like to come of age in a particular time and place. \u003cb\u003eA Strong West Wind\u003c\/b\u003e begins in the 1950s in the wilds of the Texas Panhandle-a place of both boredom and beauty, its flat horizons broken only by oil derricks, grain elevators, and church steeples. Its story belongs to a girl who grew up surrounded by dust storms and cattle ranches and summer lightning, who took refuge from the vastness of the land and the ever-present wind by retreating into books. What she found there, from renegade women to men who lit out for the territory, turned out to offer a blueprint for her own future. Caldwell would grow up to become a writer, but first she would have to fall in love with a man who was every mother's nightmare, live through the anguish and fire of the Vietnam years, and defy the father she adored, who had served as a master sergeant in the Second World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Strong West Wind\u003c\/b\u003e is a memoir of culture and history-of fathers and daughters, of two world wars and the passionate rebellions of the sixties. But it is also about the mythology of place and the evolution of a sensibility: about how literature can shape and even anticipate a life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaldwell possesses the extraordinary ability to illuminate the desires, stories, and lives of ordinary people. Written with humanity, urgency, and beautiful restraint, \u003cb\u003eA Strong West Wind\u003c\/b\u003e is a magical and unforgettable book, destined to become an American classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812972566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gail Caldwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705056002229,"sku":"9780812972566","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1cbf19ac-cc05-4f3e-9028-3908f676f1f5.jpg?v=1709653630","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-strong-west-wind-a-memoir-9780812972566","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}