Synopses & Reviews
Verna Flake is fleeing Utah, a failed marriage (her husband has left her for a former beauty queen named Pinky), and the constricted yet reliable Mormon way of life. Seemingly naive but also gifted with an almost second sight for the emotional heart of things, Verna relates her adventures on the road, in Los Angeles, and eventually in Mexico, as she confronts her future and muses over her past. Reading group guide included.
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An almost Tolstoyian insight into the human plight.... A beautiful book. (New York Times Book Review)
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Elegant and unexpected.... Literature at its best. (Chicago Tribune)
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Purely, simply, beautiful. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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[A] touching picaresque journey through the deserts of the west and the landscape of memory. (Washington Post Book World)
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"[A] touching picaresque journey through the deserts of the west and the landscape of memory."--
About the Author
Judith Freeman, the author of Red Water, A Desert of Pure Feeling, and Set for Life, lives with her husband in Los Angeles and Idaho.