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Cross Currents

From a Missouri farm to Paris and across America, Rose Ann Findlen’s memoir traces a life shaped by racism, Vietnam, and national violence. Facing loss and disillusionment, she becomes a professional, mother, and daughter while challenging entrenched male entitlement as part of the first postwar wave of college-educated women. Enhanced with postcards, photos, and newspaper clippings, it evokes an anxious era and reframes it for later generations.

Description

From a Missouri farm to Paris and across America, Rose Ann Findlen’s life unfolds amid America’s struggle with its racism, its misbegotten war in Vietnam, and its inherent violence. As she faces disillusionment and loss, Findlen navigates her way as a professional, a mother and a daughter. Growing up in the 1960s, she is in the first wave of post-war college-educated women to challenge entrenched male entitlement. This memoir, enriched by postcards, photographs and newspaper stories, places her life in the context of those anxious times, will trigger memories for readers of her generation and encourage their children and grandchildren to see their forebears through a new lens.

Product Details

PublishedFebruary 3, 2023
ImprintCalumet Editions
LanguageEnglish
Print length215
ISBN-13978-1959770503
Dimensions6 x 0.54 x 9 inches