The adventures of a 1950’s California tomboy challenging society’s idea of what’s expected while struggling for acceptance, ultimately triumphing by defining her own path.
A coming of age story set in 1950’s Southern California when kids still played outside on warm summer nights, and your best friends in the neighborhood helped you negotiate all the curve balls life could throw at you.
Susan is tall, athletic, and a tomboy. Her quirkiness allows her to move within the worlds of both boys and girls, though she would prefer to be just one of the guys. At constant battle with her mother who just wants her to be a “normal girl” and an older brother whose mission is to make her life miserable, her father serves as the only person in the family who seems comfortable with her unconventional ways.
An embellished memoir for anyone who grew up feeling either too tall or too short, too fat or too skinny or chose to go against the social current of "just fitting in," this book is a celebration of being comfortable with who you were meant to be.