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Now, in eleven linked fictions featuring a peripatetic photographer named Lucy ORourke, author Pam Houston once again serves up her charismatic blend of relationships and adventure. This is the story of one womans struggle for balance in a world that keeps pitching and rolling under her feet. Dislocated geographically and spiritually, Lucy is prone to the wrong decisions at all the critical times whats more, natural disasters just seem to find her: an accident on a rafting trip in Cataract Canyon, a grand cayman attack in the Amazon, a hurricane in the Gulf Stream--not to mention a few natural disasters in the form of men. A surprise encounter with Carlos Castenada convinces her that she isnt living the right life, and his cryptic message sends her back to her beloved Rocky Mountains. There, on a ranch, she takes comfort in animals, the jagged landscape of Colorado, and the sage advice of female friends she even gives a man a try. Most importantly, for the first time she reconnects with parts of herself she didnt remember losing.