In a collection of musings that is as much historical record as it is memoir, Coleen Grissom provides a unique view of life on and off an American university campus. As an administrator and faculty member at Trinity University in San Antonio for over five decades, Grissom has seen the feminist movement take hold, the sexual revolution take off, and the tragic deaths of students, friends, and family. Her honest, witty, and acerbic words have urged students, their parents, and the community at large to become lifelong readers and to aspire to a life well-lived.
A collection of hellaciously funny speeches and columns by a San Antonio legend
“A sharp eye, a sharper tongue, a mordant wit and a penchant for telling it like it is...This grande dame of letters pulls no punches and warns us of her unceasing 'forthright and straightforward' approach on topics ranging from the beginning of the school year to the winter of her life.” — San Antonio Express-News
