{"product_id":"think-of-horses-9781496229656","title":"Think of Horses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA romance novelist returns to Montana and her family’s homestead to restart a life among neighbors who like to fire automatic weapons, a son who hates her, and the father of that son, who may hate her even more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blew doesn't shy from the characters' imperfections, charging a vivid novel of resilience and regret, and the unspoken ways in which connection shapes the experience of life.\"—Leah Strauss, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exemplifying the maxim that 'If you don't like who you are . . . you can always be somebody else,' \u003ci\u003eThink of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is a redemptive novel set in the contemporary American West.\"—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with a cast of rich characters from Tam’s past and mountain landscape that transports you there, this book is well worth a look.\"—Linda Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary Clearman Blew’s \u003ci\u003eThink of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is many things—a compelling mystery, a moving story of a mother and son reunited after years of separation, a tale of the difficulties of returning to one’s childhood home. Through the lives of her rich and various characters, Blew creates a shimmering ambiguity concerning human desire and its power to harm and heal, to devastate and fulfill.”—Kent Meyers, author of \u003ci\u003eTwisted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThink of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, the newest of Mary Clearman Blew’s novels about the American West, is a stellar finale to her Montana quartet. Blew launches us into the core of a community at loggerheads with itself. The protagonist, Tam Bowen, a writer of romance novels who embraces a passion for horses, harbors a thorny past that includes a murdered family friend and a son who shuns her. As Tam grapples with her disappointments and thwarted dreams, she finds solace and adventure in tackling the troubles of others. Evoking a striking Montana landscape and intricately braiding her multilayered story, Blew delivers a captivating read with her characteristic sharply detailed, exquisite writing. I relished every page.”—Joy Passanante, author of \u003ci\u003eThrough a Long Absence: Words from My Father’s Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a startlingly original work of grit and love, Mary Clearman Blew delivers a compelling story full of tough, flinty, vulnerable people who are impossible to predict. The result is a new Western masterpiece that keeps you turning the pages.”—D. J. Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eRemote: Finding Home in the Bitterroots\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409238597975,"sku":"9781496229656","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496229656.jpg?v=1730506093","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/think-of-horses-9781496229656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}