SALT OF THE EARTH. One Family's Journey Through the Violent American Landscape

Hardback. How can ordinary people survive extraordinary trauma? The author tracked a typical American family across four violent decades to find out. This is the true story of a courageous woman who survived a hellish 20th century nightmare. Mob violence, injustice, kidnapping, murder and suicide were the black holes in the awful astronomy of Elaine Gere's life. Somehow she had to summon the courage to endure: to honour her beloved dead and to re-build the shattered lives of the sons who depended on her strength. A remarkable saga of indomitability, an inspiring and cathartic elegy to the increasing numbers of Americans whose lives are transformed by violence. Illus. + Epilogue. 376pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in f. dw. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage.