Winter Range

A Montana sheriff's marriage and reputation are put to the test when the cattle of his wife's ex begin to starve in this "gripping" literary debut ( Booklist ). Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for Best First Novel and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Best Novel "This debut novel by a Pushcart Prize winner brilliantly weaves the intimate everyday details of ranching and small-town life into the story of three very complicated people struggling to survive, to belong, and to love in a chillingly bleak landscape. Davis's descriptions of the land are breathtaking." — Library Journal Ike Parsons is a small-town Montana sheriff whose life is stable and content; his wife, Pattiann, is a rancher's daughter with a secret past. But when Ike tries to help a hardluck cattleman named Chas Stubblefield, he triggers Chas's resentment and finds his home and his wife targeted by a plot for revenge. "This is a novel of social class and a dreadful climate, of Americans in desperate circumstances trying—and sometimes failing—to live peaceful lives." — The Washington Post "With lyrical precision, Daviss describes a way of life in which actions are more eloquent than words." — The New Yorker "Fresh and provocative . . . Davis's literary ethos rivals Larry Watson, Kent Haruf, and Ivan Doig." — San Francisco Chronicle