Memoirs of a Bootlegger'S Daughter

For author Renee Carter Tench, April 17, 2008, was the first day of the rest of her life. It was the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Tench spent more and more time reflecting on her past experiences and examining her life. In Memoirs of a Bootleggers Daughter, she tries to understand the reason and purpose behind all of the chaos in growing up the child of alcoholic parents.

The lone survivor of the Carter family who lived at the end of the dirt road in Hickory, North Carolina, Te...