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William Morrow
January 2008
On Sale: January 1, 2008
304 pages
ISBN: 0061257184
EAN: 9780061257186
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They say you can't go home again, but
sometimes, you don't have a choice
Dickie Sinfield was seven years old when her father decided
to become a cowboy and move his family from their
comfortable suburban home to a small run-down ranch in
Clayton, Utah. From her first stock show to the day she
turns eighteen and flees for the comforts of the city,
Dickie bucks the cattle-ranching lifestyle and yearns for
manicured lawns, housebroken pets, and neighborhood
playmates. Yet she reluctantly finds herself drawn to the
vast, desolate landscape of the desert and the solitude it
offers—a feeling she won't acknowledge even within herself.
Now a grown woman, Dickie is a respected reporter
in Salt Lake City, convinced that physical distance and a
convenient but passionless relationship will erase the
memory of her painful childhood. But when her brother dies
in a tragic accident, Dickie finds herself back in the
farmhouse she tried so desperately to abandon. Suddenly, she
is faced with her family's past and a love she's never
admitted to, bringing down the walls of her carefully
contrived existence. Accustomed to the physical
boundaries city life entails, Dickie feels emotionally
exposed by the fenceless expanse of the ranch. As she
navigates her past, piecing together relationships, romance,
and the pull of the mountains themselves, she finally
confronts the pivotal moment of her childhood—the horrifying
discovery that made her flee the desert so many years ago.
A novel that spans two generations and vast
landscapes, The Last Cowgirl brings to mind the
writing of Pam Houston and Barbara Kingsolver. Richman's
provocative prose, pulled from personal experience, will
strike a chord with anyone who has been faced with demons
from their past and found solace in the space around them.
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