Author Book Signing: Molly Gloss – “The Hearts of Horses”
Waucoma Bookstore is hosting Portland author Molly Gloss for a book
signing on Friday, August 1st at the bookstore (212 Oak Street). Gloss
will be signing her most recent book “The Hearts of Horses”.
541-386-5353 or
www.waucomabookstore.com.
“The Hearts of Horses”
In the winter of 1917 many of the young ranch hands in this remote Eastern
Oregon county have been called away to war. When 19-year-old Martha Lessen
shows up at George Bliss’s doorstep looking for work breaking horses,
George glimpses beneath her showy rodeo costume a shy young woman with a
serious knowledge of horses, and he hires her on. Martha’s unusual, quiet
way of breaking horses soon wins her additional work among several of
George Bliss’s neighbors, and over the course of the winter she helps out
a German family whose wagon and horses have tipped off a narrow road into
a ravine; she gentles a horse for a man who knows he is dying—a last gift
to his young son; and she clashes with a hired hand who has been abusing
horses with casual cruelty. Against the backdrop of a horrifying modern
war, Martha gradually comes to feel enveloped by a sense of community and
family she's never had before. And eventually, against her best intentions
to lead a solitary cowboy life, she falls in love.
“Truly one of the best books you’ll ever read.” —Jane Kirkpatrick
“In all of Molly Gloss’ work, lyric descriptions and unforgettable
characters are supported by an open, wide-ranging intelligence and not at
all undone by dry wit and an open heart. 'The Hearts of Horses' is a
shining example of Molly Gloss’ gifts.” —Amy Bloom
About the Author
Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who lives in Portland. Her
novel “The Jump-Off Creek” was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for
American Fiction, and a winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers
Award and the Oregon Book Award. “The Dazzle of Day” was named a New York
Times Notable Book and was awarded the PEN Center West Fiction Prize. Wild
Life won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was chosen as the 2002 selection
for "If All Seattle Read the Same Book." In 1996 Molly was a recipient of
a Whiting Writers Award.
Location: Waucoma Bookstore 212 Oak Street, Hood River, OR 97031
Contact: Waucoma Bookstore 541-386-5353 or
www.waucomabookstore.com