Durable goods / Berg, Elizabeth

On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Kate struggles to grow up and understand her often violent father.

Katie spends the lazy days of summer waiting for life to begin; waiting to fall in love; and waiting for the beatings to stop. Since the death of her mother, she and her sister have struggled to understand their father's violent behavior.

On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Kate struggles to grow up and understand her often violent father.