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"Each of the three stories in this book is its own sweet masterpiece. Roy Parvin's the real deal."Antonya Nelson
Montana, Wyoming, and the Trinity Alps of northern California are the landscapes of these elegant, rough-hewn narratives where people yearn for grace even as their chances are running out. "Roy Parvin has a sense of what people will do when they have reached their particular limits," says Charles Baxter, "and these wonderful tales are like visions." A recently paroled ex-con tries to outrun a violent past. An out-of-work logger finds an unexpected kind of love. And a woman's journey by rail through a western snowscape becomes a bittersweet tale of redemption.
"A stunning triptych.... Parvin's characters have a subtle American craziness, a wildness and unreachable-ness..." Los Angeles Times
"The title story is a tragedy, but in this author's masterly hands it is a triumph also. These are exceptional stories." Dallas Morning News
"[T]hese wonderful tales are like visions."Charles Baxter
"Roy Parvin is an exciting voice. The power of these novellas is surprising, the writing is extraordinary."Rick Bass, author of Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had
