Someday I'm Gonna

By Billee Longuski Escott

It is 1932, and America is in the midst of an unprecedented economic depression. All across the country, families are forced to relocate as they search desperately for work. Someday I'm Gonna is the incredible true story of one of these families, a family that is pushed to the far reaches of the country, and the furthest limits of its courage, in a struggle to survive. From cherry picking in Michigan, to selling crab on the Texas piers, to hauling manure in Washington State, the family of eight is driven onward by the father's ever-present dream that someday, he will build a house by the water. Someday, things will be better. Someday, someday... Told from the perspective of the author's seven-year-old self, whose biggest dream is for her own pair of shoes and the chance to go to school, Someday I'm Gonna is a heartrending, inspiring story about hope in the face of hardship, the power of perseverance, and the bond of family during one of the most difficult periods in American history. In Someday I'm Gonna, Escott narrates, through the eyes of a child, a beautiful portrait of a broken country and the incredible strength of the men, women, and children who endured it, and lived to tell the stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479314927
• ISBN13: 9781479314928
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"