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by: Pam Houston
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781853815980
ISBN: 1853815985
Label: Trafalgar Square
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square
Number Of Pages: 172
Publication Date: March 25, 1993
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Sales Rank: 4409199
Studio: Trafalgar Square
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
These 12 tales tell of the pleasures of dancing the two-step at the Stockgrowers Ball, the pity of stalking beautiful beasts, the comforting companionship of dogs, the challenge of a tetch horse and, of course, of love, sex and loss.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Writing is Not Her Weakness
This first collection of stories by a young writer is a stellar performance of expression and will. Pam Houston's stories are strong, powerful, and fun. She has been compared to Hemingway with her straightforward narrative style and depiction of the outdoors.
Reading her stories is like a breath of fresh mountain air, or riding across the prairie full gallop on a horse, or white water rafting down a perilous spring runoff swollen river. With twelve stories in all, she explores the ... Read More
Rating: - Very moving....Pam Houston knows what life is truly about.
Each of the short stories in this book found a common link in my life. I am recently divorced from my last "Cowboy Weakness", and her hunting stories really hit home for me. My ex is both a cowboy and a redneck! I also found that Pam knows how to communicate her stories in a way that actually involves the reader, and gives them a sense of participation in it. Definetly a must have book for the library of any lady that has found herself in love with the "Cowboy" type of man!
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