In these ten stories, ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American west--and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. Is a masterpiece of taut narration, cl...In these ten stories, ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American west--and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. Is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiseled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace.