{"product_id":"a-strong-west-wind-a-memoir-paperback","title":"A Strong West Wind: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGail Caldwell is the chief book critic for The Boston Globe, where she has been a staff writer and critic since 1985. In 2001, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. She is also an avid rower. Caldwell lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372593725618,"sku":"9780812972566","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/196be733c4b18cf8d6cfc20960f4f2e3.webp?v=1777649538","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-strong-west-wind-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}