"The names and places in this memoir are made up. The stories, events, and times are true."--Page 429. The author identifies the small town where she was born and raised as being in "Henderson County." Genealogical searches on the Internet verify that she was born in Lowell, Indiana, which is in Lake County. There is no "Henderson County" in the state of Indiana. New Book -- September -- 2016
Contents:
Sherman Acres -- The last child -- The many lives and tales of the last child -- The mystery of Antonia -- School days in a land divided -- Camella leaves home -- Junior high blues -- Lucy -- The end of dreams for the dream girl -- He came on a horse named Midnight -- 1963: the year that everything changed -- Letting go of Jimmy -- Today I met the boy I'm going to marry -- Seeing Christ in the face of others -- The graduate nurse -- Big-city woman -- Storm clouds gathering -- The heart won't lie -- Illness: the great equalizer -- No longer young and no longer beautiful -- Still looking for Jimmy.
Summary:
Matury Gibson was born and raised in Lowell, Indiana. She depicts the life of a first-generation American coming of age in a small rural town. It was a time of innocence before history would form us and affect us in ways we could have never imagined.
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