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Wow, what a great, well written, excellent book.

It took me back to my childhood, having been raised in a somewhat rural area. Here are a few of the elements of the story that I loved:

An unwed pregnant girl with no place to go is taken in by two old grizzly, hard working cattle men who have absolutely no clue about women, especially a young pretty somewhat shy 17 year old. There are so many funny and poignant moments as that relationship builds.

A nine and ten year boy are being raised by their father, a school teacher whose wife is separating from them. The boys are diligent with their paper route, collecting the money and spending time with one old dying woman. They also have several harrowing experiences with some older bullies, one of the experiences shocking and creepy. The boys are such great and innocent boys, it's sometimes hard to not jump right into the story to wring the bully's necks. They are also able to do some amazing hard things.

The father school-teacher has his challenges with a sport player who is flunking out of his class. It evolves into quite a debacle.

But I'm not doing the story telling justice with these examples. The story is so well told that I became very involved, like they were my own close family.

What an amazing and unique writer he is with concise, never overworked details of each of the story lines.

I can't wait to read the next story. This was a full five star read for me. Trust me. Give this one a shot.