Riding on Comets: A Memoir

by Cat Pleska

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940425514
• ISBN13: 9781940425511
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Vandalia Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"