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A young woman is pushed, quite literally, to the edge on a desolate mountain pass. An orphaned brother and sister try to patch together an existence one stitch at a time. A cop suspects his kleptomaniac wife is stealing from other people-materially and emotionally. A girl waits to meet the sexual predator who has been calling her. A wily roadside hypnotist seems to possess a power both wonderful and strange.
Set amid Indian reservations, uranium mills, and other locations across the American Southwest, these twelve stories by the author of Yellowcake-chosen as one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews-create a kaleidoscopic view of family, myth, love, landscape, and loss in a place where infinite skies and endless roads suggest a world of possibility, yet dreams are deceiving, like an oasis, just beyond reach.
Set amid Indian reservations, uranium mills, and other locations across the American Southwest, these twelve stories by the author of Yellowcake-chosen as one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews-create a kaleidoscopic view of family, myth, love, landscape, and loss in a place where infinite skies and endless roads suggest a world of possibility, yet dreams are deceiving, like an oasis, just beyond reach.
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"Cummins' writing is both gritty and polished... . This debut collection is haunting, and leaves the reader wanting more."
The Seattle Times
"Brilliantly imagined prose that boasts surprises like small electric shocks."
San Francisco Chronicle
"I devour anything Ann Cummins does; she's as good as we have."
Dave Eggers