Riding on comets : : a memoir / / Cat Pleska.
"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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| Place / Publishing House: | Morgantown : : Vandalia Press,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781940425511 (paperback) 9781940425535 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Cat Pleska. |