In the Cellar of My Mind, There Are Peaches

By Priscilla Riggle

In the Cellar of My Mind, There Are Peaches transports the reader to 1970s rural Iowa where the author Priscilla Riggle grew up. Linked essays map a world where a baby sister is more interesting than a moonwalk, Barbies live side by side with a little girl, and a deceased great-grandmother keeps her lawn mowed and her root cellar well-stocked.

Joyful play is intermingled with unexplained family moves, oppressive religious indoctrination, and life with a father who abuses his children in the name of spiritual discipline. The narrator navigates the seemingly impossible tension between delight and dread with sensitivity, insight, and hope.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950272516
• ISBN13: 9781950272518
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Literary Kitchen