{"product_id":"riding-on-comets-a-memoir-9781940425511","title":"Riding on Comets: A Memoir","description":"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCat Pleska is a seventh generation West Virginian, and she is a writer, editor, educator, publisher, and storyteller. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College. She is an essayist for West Virginia Public Radio and a book reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e. She coedited the anthology \u003ci\u003eFed from the Blade: Tales and Poems from the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e. Pleska has been published in literary magazines and newspapers throughout the Appalachian region. She lives in Scott Depot, West Virginia, with her husband, Dan, one dog, four cats, and with a daughter, Katie, in nearby St. Albans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vandalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365835510034,"sku":"9781940425511","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a014b71e-7b05-4739-8ee2-cff27d333a3a.jpg?v=1728464596","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riding-on-comets-a-memoir-9781940425511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}