The winter Bride wears diamonds. To those down below, she appears
to be sleeping, locked inside a chastity belt of cold. She naps
lightly behind the veil of ice and snow, letting it shield her from
the sun and throw it back into the sky. But her chill is only skin
deep. Inside her hidden folds and caves and recesses, the heartbeat
of her lives and breathes and curls around the seeds of what
willbe. The winter Bride is pregnant, gestating the future, smiling
quietly at the snores of the bears and the mountain lions, allowing
all of the fertile places to swell and burgeon with the life that
is to come. The winter Bride is holding a flood in deposit for the
sun's withdrawal in spring. This is the canvas on which Amy Hale
Auker paints the lives of her characters. Shiney, the ranch owner;
Monte, the foreman; Rafe, the old hand; Jody, the new hand; Blake
and Brenna, who can't seem to grow up even though they have a
houseful of children. These, and many more, are waiting to show you
how they live, love, work, and play in the shadow of the Bride.
Auker's writing is extraordinary, as evidenced by these reviews of
her award-winning Rightful Place: "Her focus is sharp and
discerning, intimate and clear - so refreshing that her writing
transcends the contemporary cattle-culture and her harsh Texas
landscape to become a template for creating a richer life." John
Dofflemyer, author of Poems from Dry Creek "Auker is fiercely
connected - and will connect you as well - with the most elemental
spirits of the earth and the heart." Margo Metegrano, Director of
The Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry Winter of Beauty is a
novel by Amy Hale Auker, winner of the 2012 WILLA Literary Award
for Creative Nonfiction, which will bring joy to your heart and
tears to your eyes. Her words come from the heart and will melt
you, just like the sun melts the snow on Bride Mountain. A working
cowgirl, Auker writes and thrives on a ranch in Arizona where she
is having a love affair with rock, mountains, pinon and juniper
forests, the weather, and her songwriter husband, who is foreman of
the ranch. As Amy says, "For years I cooked for cowboys, cleaned up
after cowboys, listened to cowboys tell stories, but for the past
five years I have done my own time in the saddle. And I write.
Always I write." She guides her readers to a place where the bats
fly, lizards do pushups on the rocks, bears leave barefoot prints
in the dirt. Where hummingbirds do rain dances in August, spiders
weave for their food, and poetry is in the chrysalis and the
cocoon. Winter of Beauty will please the adult reader who enjoys
the apt description of people and things; the understanding of
nature, human or otherwise; and becoming immersed in them through a
turn of phrase that brings both clarity of thought and joy in the
reading."
General
Imprint: |
Pen L Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2013 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Authors: |
Amy Hale Auker
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
250 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9851274-9-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-9851274-9-X |
Barcode: |
9780985127497 |
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