Copy editor’s memoir describes difficult childhood as native American

I was always hot in here in the summer and could see my breath on December mornings; the floors were hard and cold with no carpet; I couldn’t call anyone because we didn’t have a phone; I couldn’t watch color cable TV; I had to walk a mile to go to the …I was always hot in here in the summer and could see my breath on December mornings; the floors were hard and cold with no carpet; I couldn’t call anyone because we didn’t have a phone; I couldn’t watch color cable TV; I had to walk a mile to go to the …