Publisher's Synopsis
Winner of "Novel of the Year" awards from both the Whitney Academy and the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) for 2007's On the Road to Heaven, Coke Newell's newest novel is once again set within the mesmerizing landscapes of the Rocky Mountain west (western Colorado and Moab, Utah).A chromatic chronicle of devastation, isolation, and personal discovery set against a backdrop of beauty and abundance in the Rocky Mountain West, interweaving threads of Stegner, Steinbeck, Cather, and Kerouac in a multi-dimensional layering of sound, color, and meaning. "A beautiful and intricate tapestry of pain, lost love, and tender mercy on a road toward redemption." (Preston McConkie)"[A] wonderful book... unfolding for us a tale that moves inexorably from despair and loneliness into the rich, full land of hope, forgiveness, and life. Readers will be deeply enriched by this journey." (Carol Lynn Pearson)
