In this book educator William Owens continues from where he left off in THIS STUBBORN SOIL. He details his often-interrupted struggle to get a proper education in NE Texas during the hard times of the 1920s and past the stock market crash of 1929. Borrowing money and chopping and picking cotton combine with working in department stores in Dallas and Paris, TX, Owens was determined to achieve his goal of reaching beyond his humble roots as a poor dirt farmer, and he does, earning a teaching certificate, even while he continues to help support his widowed mother and brothers. As was the case with THIS STUBBORN SOIL, this second volume of memoirs provides a fascinating look into the poverty-stricken lives of farmers in the 20s, a look that is sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes uplifting. The only part of the story that tended to drag and cloy a bit is the "churchy" sections, in which Owens joins a fundamentalist Baptist church, is "saved," and even recommended for the ministry, which he is not surprised to learn is not for him. But whatever Owens talks about, he keeps to his plain-spoken and sensible style of writing, which keeps the narrative always moving forward. A SEASON OF WEATHERING is a good example of superior story-telling. ( )