Little Rains - Softcover

Cherry, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966543084 ISBN 13: 9780966543087

Publisher: One Eyed Press, 2003

Synopsis

Little Rains explores the myths and realities that define the contemporary rural West. It is a haunting novel of loss and redemption, secrets and revelations, the hard labor of growing up, and the struggle to stave off the modern world from one of the last bastions of the American West. Hard as barbed wire and embittered, Truman "Tru" Pierce casts his shadow over the rock hard earth he inherited and those who would protect him. Eighteen year old JD Mitchell longs to escape the drudgery of his small hometown and becomes a hand on his uncle's ranch. Like Tru, JD's dreams for the future are weighted by his past, but reluctantly he learns from the odd assortment of eccentrics on the ranch: Linc, a hard and weathered veteran cowhand; JD's aunt, the strangely devoted Jesse, haunted by a dark secret that JD may have the power to exorcise; and Santos, a Mestizo, who wades the Rio Grande carrying a broken-down fighting rooster and dreams of fortune. All are caught within the maelstrom of Tru's obsession, and JD learns that mistakes are sometimes paid for in blood and bruises and the terrible pain of silence. As stark and gritty as the southwest Texas landscape, Little Rains chronicles one of the final tragedies of the American rangeland-the demise of the independent cattleman.

About this title

About the Author

Bob Cherry is an award-winning novelist and poet. His fourth novel, Little Rains, set in the Big Bend country of Texas, was a runner-up for the TCU Texas Book Award. It was also a finalist for the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association Adult Fiction Award and was listed by the Denver Post as one of ten notable books for 2003. A native Texan, Cherry writes from his ranch near Cody, Wyoming. He returns frequently to West Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: One Eyed Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966543084
• ISBN 13: 9780966543087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276