"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family storie...

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1. Verfasser:	Pleska, Cat 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Morgantown Vandalia Press 2015
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Pleska, Cat > 1953- > Childhood and youth Pleska, Cat > 1953- > Family Appalachians (People) > West Virginia > Biography Only child > Biography Working class families > West Virginia > Biography Biografie
Online-Zugang:	KUBA1
Zusammenfassung:	"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values. From the dinner table, to the back porch, to the sprawling countryside, Cat Pleska reveals the sometimes tender, sometimes frightening education of a child who listens at the knees of these giants. She mimics and learns every nuance, every rhythm--how they laugh, smoke, cuss, fight, love, and tell stories--as she unwittingly prepares to carry their tales forward, their words and actions forever etched in her mind. And finally, she discovers a life story of her own"--
Beschreibung:	Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (258 pages)
ISBN:	9781940425535