Breathtaking. . . . Blunt's writing is visceral, yet never
without humor and a raw, fierce honesty. The Chicago Tribune
[An] astonishing literary debut, a dramatic and heartbreaking
memoir . . . honed from difficult circumstances and crackling with
energy long pent up . . . A fascinating, ferocious coming of age.
Elle
Unflinching. . . . A sense of mourning underlies [Blunt's]
account, and she honors the land that she still loves by making us
intimate with its smallest details. The New Yorker
A beautifully written memoir that is a meditation on how land
and her life will always be intertwined . . . Blunt's life has
furnished her with the kind of strength most of us can only envy.
The San Francisco Chronicle
Staunch and unblinking, with sentences as strong and upright as
well-tended fenceposts. A valuable addition to the literature of
place and the literature of passage. The Washington Post
Riveting . . . This masterful debut is utterly strange,
suspenseful and surprisinga story whose threads connecting past and
present are as transparent as cobwebs but as strong as barbed wire.
Time Out New York
In this assured and moving memoir, Blunt chronicles the
wars-and-all realities of modern ranch life. . . . Remarkable.
Outside
Scarily goodso right on, so focused, so in-your-face that you
have to take the book slowly to cushion the blow. National
Geographic Adventure
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