After publishing her first book, “Someday I’m Gonna,” in 2012, Kirkland resident and author Billee Longuski Escott has since published two more memoirs.

Her three books recount growing up during the Great Depression. In “Someday I’m Gonna” the family of eight leaves Michigan in a Model A Ford pulling a tent house trailer built by her resourceful father. She had no shoes, even as the family worked the crops around the U.S. and her father tried to find work.

After the traveling years of the first book, the family arrived in Wenatchee where they struggled to survive “The Lean Years.” The title of the second book is an apt description of their situation as they returned to working the crops, barely making enough money for rent and food. In “The Best of the Lean Years,” the family settles in Wenatchee. There, Escott finally has shoes and the chance to return to school, where she finds the way to build the self-confidence that the Great Depression took away from her.

Despite the desperate situations, Escott’s books are filled with vivid memories of the beautiful landscapes, and the happy times of her childhood that she shared with family, people met on the road, neighbors and friends.

Join Escott from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 19 at Parkplace Books for a book reading and signing of the latter two books. Participants are invited to ask Escott questions about her books and her amazing life.

For more information, visit www.parkplacebookskirkland.com.