American Daughter: A Memoir Best of 21 Perhaps if she just ran

Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile

and leaves of plants

so she gets a job as a teacher

Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local high school football team

and Eric Clapton—adopted one maker’s guitar or another

American Daughter: A Memoir Best of 21 Perhaps if she just ranFor 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and ongoing sexual abuse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very