“Unforgettable . . . prose as clear as the morning air.” —The Boston Globe

“What strikes me first about Craig Lesley's book is the astonishing compassion he extends to the characters that people this moving novel . . . An impressive debut.” —Raymond Carver

“Profoundly lyrical . . . Lesley has a rare gift for evoking a timeless quality in a setting littered with modern icons . . . The honky-tonk glitter of the rodeo gives way to the mystical, sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness.” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Danny Kachiah remains a figure of complexity, struggling toward salvation . . . an everyman who could stand in for any one of us.” —The Los Angeles Times

“A beautiful picture of family love and loyalty in a society from which we've had few such pictures.” —Reynolds Price