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A Strong West Wind: A Memoir
A Strong West Wind A Memoir
Author: Gail Caldwell
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. A Strong West Wind 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 derri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812972566
ISBN-10: 0812972562
Publication Date: 1/9/2007
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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What a beautifully written memoir. Caldwell takes us through her childhood and into the present in a whirlwind of precise observations and thoughtful anectodes. If you have been to the Panhandle of Texas her comments strike a familiar tone.
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Ms. Caldwell is an excellent writer. Her prose is moving.


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