UID:
almafu_9959237629302883
Format:
1 online resource (200 p.)
ISBN:
0-8032-5665-5
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0-8032-5664-7
Content:
In this psychologically gripping memoir, Blake Allmendinger returns to his childhood home after a forty-year absence. His homecoming to the struggling farming community of Rocky Ford, Colorado, formerly known as the Melon Capital of the World, forces the author to confront his own sad and disturbing history, one that parallels his hometown's decline. Allmendinger's family was dominated by his emotionally and mentally unstable mother, who became depressed while living in Rocky Ford as a young woman. For the rest of her life she abused the members of her family, creating tensions that remained
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""1. The Melon Capital of the World""; ""2. TJ Is a Wonderful Boy""; ""3. I Met a Traveler from an Antique Land""; ""4. Bad Day for a Black Brother""; ""5. Remember Me""; ""6. A Bump in the Road""; ""7. The Diary""; ""About Blake Allmendinger""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8032-5540-3
Language:
English
