In Open Spaces (47 page)

“[An] outstanding debut…. Rowland’s examination of family dynamics is poignant and revealing.

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Charged with dramatic tension—a joy to read.”

—Ha Jin, author of Waiting,
winner of the National Book Award

“In Open Spaces…is sage, humane, and immensely readable.”

—C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, Atlantic Monthly

“As a lifelong reader of books written about the west, particularly those about Montana, Russell Rowland’s In Open Spaces is as good as it gets…. A powerful book.”

—C. J. Box, author of Open Season and Savage Run

“A heartfelt debut…. [An] unpretentious, involving story told with unfaltering authority.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“A beautifully written saga of the Arbuckle clan, full of hurt—and healing—and oh Lordy that Montana landscape.”

—Caroline Leavitt, Boston Globe columnist,
author of Coming Back to Me

“A big and bold story in the great tradition of the American West…. Reminiscent of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. To read In Open Spaces is to be impatient for the sequel.”

—Katherine Weber, author of
Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
and The Music Lesson

“A family epic that has a muted elegance…. A gracefully understated novel.

—New York Times Book Review

“Rowland’s superb debut novel sets a new standard for fiction about growing up and ranching life in twentieth-century Montana. It just doesn’t get any better than this.”

—Randall Stickrod, publisher, Readerville Journal

“Like Norman McLean’s A River Runs Through It,…Rowland…brings [Montana’s] unique beauty alive…. Good reading.”

—Denver Post

“Russell Rowland writes about the intricacies of family life and the grandeur/harshness of the Western landscape with equal aplomb…. A masterful debut.”

—Gayle Brandeis, author of Fruitflesh

“Compelling. Cinematic. A fine first novel about the strength of family.”

—San Francisco Weekly

“Reminiscent of two other great Montana family sagas, Norman MacLean’s A River Runs Through It and Jim Harrison’s Legends of the Fall, In Open Spaces is an engrossing literary journey—once started, it’s hard to lift your eyes from the page.”

—David Abrams, January magazine

“Russell Rowland is of that rare group of writers who can tell a beautiful and believable tale as well as he can control and finesse the language.”

—M. J. Rose, author of Flesh Tones and Sheet Music

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

IN OPEN SPACES
. Copyright © 2002 by Russell Rowland.

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EPub Edition © 2002 ISBN: 978-0-06-201344-6

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rowland, Russell.
    In open spaces: a novel / Russell Rowland,
            p. cm
        ISBN 0-06-008434-0
            1. Montana—Fiction. I. Title.

        PS3618.088 16 2002
        813′.6—dc21

2001051354

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