And here’s a third memoir I read recently, inspired by that NYT list — though in this case, the book didn’t place on the final list, though it was nominated by a couple of the 500 contributors who revealed their personal votes. And I had a copy — again, as with Coates, bought sometime after first publication. I have the 19th printing.
What attracted me to this was its story about growing up in rural Idaho, in a survivalist family, and then breaking out and discovering the real world. Just up my alley, right? Knowledge wins out? As it turned out, that’s only part of the story, and not even the main point.
