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challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Whew. These stories really laid me out. For a short book it is dense with information and emotion. These linked stories, some closely linked, others not, are all set in the rural west of mostly Colorado, where things like farms and water and relationship to government are very different from anywhere else in the states. They focus on women, mostly, with sisters, mothers and daughter.relationships.featured prominently. There are a few good men, and a lot of disappointing ones. Like the landscape, these stories can be emotionally tough and chewy, like jerky, but also lovely and arid, like sage and mountains. Climate and animals and conservation run deep under all these stories, the background to the very human, very flawed, so very beautiful humans in the foreground. As one of three sisters, I think the sisters are my favorite, but each story yielded a different standout right up to the end with Gracie and Fran. This is not an easy book, but it's a stunningly beautiful one.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Animal death
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