"Readers of The New Yorker know Judy Troy's characters well - they're small-town, blue-collar Americans, young and old, who look for romance at the Paradise Valley K-Mart, contemplate the universe in a trailer park, or go snake-shooting in the desert. Not much comes easily to them, even if life often holds surprises. Yet they endure, for the difficulties of just getting by in a world that sometimes seems beyond their control are offset by the healing power of love. Together for the first time in Mourning Doves, their struggles are all the more poignant, and their pleasures, enchanting." "In these stories, set in the West, the Southwest, and the South, Judy Troy conjures the marvelous from the mundane, stirring the reader without ever resorting to sentimentality. This stunning debut will delight her fans and promises to win a greater following for a rare, young talent."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved