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Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania that builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this collection, sealing her reputation as a versatile master of fiction.