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Physical Description:267 pages ; 22 cm regular print print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Weight watchers -- House on Sand Creek -- Grandma and me -- Hubcaps -- On a dirt road -- Long view to the west -- Casserole -- Motherlode -- Old man who liked to fish -- Prairie girl -- The good Samaritan -- Stars -- Shaman -- Canyon ferry -- River camp -- Lake story -- Crow fair.
Summary, etc.:
"As his mother's dementia worsens, a devoted, favored son is shocked to learn of his mother's past; a father's meager outdoor skills are no match for a terrifying turn in the weather; old friends holding too many grudges go camping and hire a suicidal guide with too many rules. In several stories, unlikely alliances form: an eccentric neighbor who babysits for a busy, unstable couple becomes overly attached; an accomplished cattle geneticist gets sidetracked by the glamour of a stranger's easy money; an injured ranch owner is charmed by his hired help -- and becomes collateral damage in a classic art world heist. In all, the acuity of McGuane's darkly comic vision is surpassed only by the compassion he manifests for even the rascalliest of his creatures"--
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