by Lucinda Stein (Author)
Native American culture infuses Dry Run, Oklahoma with a unique perspective to the Depression. A young Comanche girl is thrown into a world she despises when she's forced to attend a boarding school far from home. Later as a young woman, Belle Tahsuda begins a desperate search for her best friend from Chilocco Indian School. Her journey includes hitching a ride with a surprising outlaw and hopping a freight train with a young hobo. Once reunited, Flora finds Belle employment at the tuberculosis sanatorium where she works. Belle falls into an impetuous marriage that proves to be a disaster. A Choctaw medicine woman speaks strange prophesies into Belle's life that come to play out. Set against the backdrop of the Depression, Belle's struggle to survive-and love-shines against the dust-bowl grime of this time period.
Author Biography
As a former librarian, Lucinda Stein has always enjoyed good books. Her book, Sanctuary: Family, Friends & Strangers was a 2015 Colorado Book Award finalist. Her short story, Sulfur Springs, won the LAURA Short Fiction Award judged by Pam Houston. Three Threads Woven was a 2010 WILLA finalist. Her stories have appeared in Pooled Ink, The South Dakota Review, Fine Lines, and Women Writing the West online. She likes good coffee, great books, camping, and anything vintage. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Rob, and her shelter-rescue dog, Opie.