rough house: a memoir

A story of growing up in turmoil, rough house recounts a childhood divided between a charming, mercurial, abusive father and a mother struggling with small-town poverty. It is also a story of generational trauma, especially for the women-a story of violent men and societal restrictions, of children not always chosen and frequently raised alone. Firmly rooted in the logging camps of the Pacific Northwest at the end of the twentieth century, rough house expands to timeless and universal theme...