Brooks, Malcolm

With a nod to Ivan Doig’s straightforward folksy style, this impressive second novel after Painted Horses tells an earnest, heartfelt family story with laugh-out-loud humor, deep-seated family conflicts, and distressing coming-of-age crises. Enthusiastically recommended.

Recommended for fans of Westerns, archaeology, historical romances, or horse epics.

Brooks delivers an authentic story, examining in gripping, page-turning prose what it means to live in the West, as Catherine says, "The best way to understand the present and to take some control over the future is to know what happened in the past." An outstanding debut novel that will linger in the reader's mind.