Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A Fine first edition/first printing housed in an equally handsome dust-jacket.

Sarah Barr's novel, High Country, is a mesmerizing and atmospheric tale of love, loss, and redemption set against the awe-inspiring backdrop of the American West. Told in alternating points of view, the story follows the intertwined destinies of the Hammonds and the Bundys, two families who live and work in the same small town in the high country of Nevada.

The Hammonds are a tightly wound family of seven - parents Norma and Hank, children Jane, Mark, and John, and Hank's pregnant wife, Laura. They are a close-knit family, but their lives are shattered when Norma is killed in a car accident. Devastated, the Hammonds are determined to heal their wounds and carry on as best they can.

Meanwhile, the Bundys are a close-knit family of six - parents Ranger and Tessa, children Sam, Lizzy, and Joe, and Joe's pregnant wife, Brooke. They are; 8vo; 323 pages.