"A patchwork quilt of little gems—beautifully written and utterly charming. Shyrle Pedlar Hacker captures all the pains and pleasures of growning up, while bringing to life the people who surrounded her." —Michael Learned, actress, starred in "The Waltons"
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Reminiscent of the Delany sisters' Having Our Say (LJ 9/15/93), octogenarian Hacker's memoir recalls her youth. Caught both emotionally and physically between her father's dream of striking it rich while living in an isolated Nevada gold-mining region and her mother's desire for "a better life" in an urban California city, the author relates how both influenced her life. Hacker transports us back to times and places that have all but disappeared-from mud wagon and stagecoach travel in frontier Nevada to her first car ride in California. In addition, she presents a marked contrast between the experiences that rural and urban living provided, with the pluses and minuses of each. A good purchase for libraries where personal narratives are popular or where there is interest in Geoffrey Ward's The West (LJ 8/96).
Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch. Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch. Lib., Ct.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Shyrle Pedlar Hacker grew up to become a dancer and dance instructor, and also a writer. She lives in Walnut Creek, California.
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This review is from: A Gold Miner's Daughter: Memoirs of a Mountain Childhood (Paperback)
This book is a wonderful account of growing up surrounded by nature and the imagination it provokes. Shyrle's book is also rich with history and insight into the place females were expected to take during that era. The writing is sharp and descriptive without being stale. I highly recommend this book.!
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