hired them, was not only look- ing for teachers but also hoping to bring attractive and mar- riageable young women to his remote environs. I won’t spoil the story by
revealing whether his scheme met with success, but these two lovely and sheltered young women more than met the chal- lenges of extremes in weather and lack of comforts that they had been accustomed to, dem- onstrating great good spirits and aplomb.
Back again to present-day Colorado and very contem- porary lives in the wonderful new novel from Colorado’s highly acclaimed
writer, Pam Houston. Her break- out collection of stories, Cowboys are My Weakness rocketed Pam to literary fame. In her latest tome, Contents May Have Shifted, the heroine ricochets all over the world, from one set of odd and interesting friends to the next, from one diffi dent lover to a new one, always on the move and always back to Boulder, home to her newest lover and his ex-wife Sofree (yes, really!) or, to her ranch and her heart’s true home in Creede, nestled deep down in south central Colorado. It takes a writer of enormous
talent to make 20 below zero sound beautiful and fun, and Pam Houston succeeds. She reaches up and brings the deep blue of the Colorado sky and the majesty of the mountains viv- idly onto the printed page, and her readers will want to join her in the hot springs and on walks full of interesting and eccentric women enjoying great conversa- tions and a nice bottle of wine.
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