William J Cobb
Author
Publisher
Unbridled Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a dust storm engulfs her Colorado town and pink snow blankets the streets, a heartbreaking decision faces Ruby Cole, a girl who counts birds: She must abandon her baby or give in to her father, whom she nicknames Lord God, and marry a man more than twice her age who already has two wives. She chooses to run, which sets in motion an interlocking series of actions and reactions, upending the lives of an equestrian police officer, pawnshop riffraff,
...Author
Publisher
Unbridled Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this lithe and atmospheric story, a fishing village on the Gulf Coast loses its means of livelihood when the shrimping industry begins to fail. The town of Goodnight by the Sea lies on a peninsula between two bays. Red Moon and Humosa, and for years the people on this ragged edge of America have struggled to get by. When Gabriel Perez, a local shrimper, gets laid off, he also manages to lose his girlfriend, Una Vu, a beautiful Vietnamese-Hispanic...