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    The Last Cowgirl: A Novel

    By Jana Richman

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    Dickie Sinfield was seven years old when her father uprooted the family from their comfortable suburban home and moved them to a small, run-down ranch in Clayton, Utah, where he could chase his dream of  being a cowboy. Dickie always hated the cattle-ranching lifestyle, and as soon as she turned eighteen she fled for the comforts of the city.

    Now a grown woman, a respected journalist in Salt Lake City, Dickie is coming home following the tragic, accidental death of her brother. Suddenly back in the farmhouse she was once so desperate to abandon—emotionally exposed by, yet reluctantly drawn to the vast, desolate landscape and the solitude it offers—she must confront her family's past . . . and the horrifying discovery at the pivotal moment of her childhood that ultimately forced her to run from the desert.

    Spanning two generations and vast landscapes, a novel that fans of Pam Houston and Barbara Kingsolver will eagerly embrace, Jana Richman's The Last Cowgirl will strike a powerful chord with anyone who has ever searched for solace in the space around them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061860256
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    • 3/5
      I've had THE LAST COWGIRL ON MY shelf for five years now, and have begun reading it on three separate occasions. This time I made it over a hundred pages in, trying my best to get interested in the story of a rather fragmented family uprooted from a humdrum small town life when the father gets tired of teaching and chases his dream of being a cowboy, buying a rundown ranch in the Utah foothills. The family is "sort of Mormon." The story is narrated by Dickie, the youngest child, who hates leaving her comfortable life in town, and resists the ranch life, but turns out to be pretty good on a horse. The story jumps back and forth in time, from her childhood to her single, adult life as a newspaper reporter in Salt Lake City forty-odd years later. I could give more details, but don't want to spoil the story for someone who might actually want to finish it. But I don't. Want to finish it. Because I just couldn't make myself care about this family, and the plot was so slow-moving as to literally put me to sleep. Enough said. I'm sure some readers will like this book, but not me. Not recommended.- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER