The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood

by Margaret Gibson

The 1950s and 1960s were years of shifting values and social changes that did not sit well with many citizens of Richmond, Virginia, and in particular with one conservative family, a staunchly southern mother and father and their two daughters. A powerful evocation of time and place, this memoir--a gifted poet's first book of prose--is the story of an inquisitive and sensitive young woman's coming of age and a deeply moving recounting of her reconciliation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826217834
• ISBN13: 9780826217837
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"