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A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 70s
Bloomsbury Publishing
July 2006
192 pages
ISBN: 1596912006
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A spellbinding and authentic document of American adolescence.
Set against the backdrop of the deep South in the 1970s, Miss American Pie is the unforgettable account of Margaret SartorΓ―ΒΏΒ½s life from age twelve to eighteen. A raw document crafted from diaries, notebooks, and letters, this deeply personal yet universally appealing story astonishes with its candor. Young Margaret moves with ease between the seemingly trivial concerns of hairstyles and boys to more profound questions of faith and meaning. By turns funny and poignant, heartbreaking and profound, she tackles all of the decadeΓ―ΒΏΒ½s issuesΓ―ΒΏΒ½desegregation, drugs, the sexual revolution, the rise of feminism, and the spread of charismatic evangelical ChristianityΓ―ΒΏΒ½with humor, frankness, and unexpected insight.
Miss American Pie reminds us what it feels like to grow up, offering a true and honest look at a teenager grappling with the timeless questions of sex, friendship, God, love, loss, and the meaning of family. The introduction and epilogue, written by Sartor from an older perspective, reflect on those turbulent and life-shaping years, revealing how the girl in the diary turned out after all, and demonstrating that childhoodΓ―ΒΏΒ½both its joys and traumasΓ―ΒΏΒ½reverberate deeply in our adult lives.
 Media BuzzWeekend Edition Saturday - July 15, 2006
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