RAIN OR SHINE: FAM AF - Hardcover

McFadden, Cyra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039451937X ISBN 13: 9780394519371

Publisher: Knopf, 1986

Synopsis

Chronicles the author's early life as the daughter of a rodeo announcer and a trick rider, whose tumultuous, free-spirited relationship is set against the gritty backdrop of the Western rodeo circuit, despite marriage and divorce

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Cy Taillon was the molasses-voiced king of rodeo announcers. When he died in 1980, newspapers in the West canonized him as the dean of rodeo and compared him to John Wayne. A reformed rake, handsome and charming and flashy, he was also difficult, often more lovable to the public than to his family. In the thirties he married a spitfire dancer from Arkansas who changed her name from Nedra Ann to Patricia, and they hit the road in pursuit of stardom. Their daughter, Cyra, grew up on the rodeo circuit, traveling all over the West with her free-spirited, hell-raising parents, often eating hamburgers and sleeping in the Packard. She was the mascot, dressed in cowboy gear in spite of her father, who wanted her to look like Shirley Temple. Rain or Shine is the story of Cyra's complex relationship with her parents and eccentric relatives. She looks back with pride, regret, and humor on family life spent and misspent in the gaudy, gritty world of rodeo.

About the Author:

Cyra McFadden, who lives in San Francisco, is the author of The Serial, a bestselling parody of life in Marin County, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 039451937X
• ISBN 13: 9780394519371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 177