•Author was inducted into the Nevada Writers' Hall of Fame and has appeared on NBC's Today Show. Her previous book was featured as a Top 10 Read by the Chicago Review of Books •Barber's broad perspective on her Mormon roots parallels that of Flannery O'Connor on her Catholic worldview •A wide–ranging essay collection that adds a distinctly feminine voice to the literature of the West •Barber addresses difficult topics—including divorce, religion, and the loss of her first child to a brain hemorrhage—with open–ended honesty •Regional appeal in the Southwest