Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir

Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir

Now in paperbackâ€”in the bestselling tradition of The Glass Castle and The Liarâ€™s Club comes the captivating memoir of a young girl forced by her motherâ€™s instability to care for her siblings.

Even if others abandon you, you must never abandon yourself.

This simple truth became Terry Helwigâ€™s lifeline as she was forced to grow up too soon.

Terry grew up the oldest of six girls in the big-sky country of the American Southwest, where she attended twelve schools in eleven years. Helwigâ€™s stepfather Davy, a good-hearted and loving man, proudly purchased a mobile home to enable his family to move more easily from one oil town to another, where Davy eked out a living in the oil fields.

Terryâ€™s mother, Carola Jean, a wild rose whose love often pierced those who tried to claim her, had little interest in the confines of home and motherhood. In Davyâ€™s absence, she sought companionship in local watering holesâ€”a pastime she dubbed â€œvisiting Timbuktu.â€ She repeatedly left Terry in charge of the household and her five younger sisters.

Despite Carola Jeanâ€™s genuine attempts to â€œbetter herself,â€ her life spiraled ever downward as Terry struggled to keep the family whole. In the midst of transience and upheaval, Terry and her sisters forged an uncommon bond of sisterhood that withstood the erosion of Davy and Carola Jeanâ€™s marriage. But ultimately, to keep her own dreams alive, Terry had to decide when to hold on to what she loved and when to let go.

Unflinching in its portrayal, yet told with humor and compassion, Terry Helwigâ€™s luminous memoir, Moonlight on Linoleum, explores a familyâ€™s inner and outer landscapes of hope, despair, and redemption. It will make you laugh, cry, and hunger for more.
Country USA
Manufacturer Howard Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-10-04

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Howard Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-10-04

Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir

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