A deeply moving modern western memoir where a young ranch girl comes of age, learning to navigate life's challenges, including bucking horses, deadly rattlesnakes, livestock predators, and the tragic mental illness of her mother. After her mother's suicide, she is driven to seek answers at the mental institution that treated her mother.

 

Linda M. Lockwood lived and worked on an isolated heat, sheep, and cattle ranch in rural North Central Washington from the age of eight. After earning an MA in Economics, she made her career in health care research and energy conservation program design. She lives in Seattle and still misses her Arabian horses.