New York: Vintage Books, (2000.). Spanning more than 80 years from 1896 to modern times, and set in the spare country of Colorado's high prairie, this is the story of a woman, who found herself bound by love and obligation to her father and her younger brother - first by the death of her mother when she was just 15, and then by an accident that left her father crippled and half mad. A very spare, powerful and highly praised debut novel, finalist for the American Book Award. ISBN: 0-375-724389.