West Texas is where the landscape boasts only of pump jacks and tumbleweed, either blinds you with sun and cloudless skies, evaporating dreams or breeds a spirit of freedom and unleashes an impenetrable determination. Bonn was born into an oil and gas family, and her daddy travelled six months out of every year. Her momma came from a family of jewelers. Her parents divorced when she was 4, both remarried. By the time she was 11 her momma died from a rare virus leaving her to live with a new stepmother who “did not want me there. ”My childhood was wild and dysfunctional but set in beautiful surroundings because of my father’s success.