Kathy “Keek” Mensing | The Way I Hear Them
I’m pretty sure that most people who pick up The Way I Hear Them, Stories of an Animal Communicator do so with a healthy dose of skepticism. I did. But by page 27, I was hooked. Read more • (1) Comments
Jamie Ford | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Like the fragile red and white parasol that unfolds in the opening pages of Montana writer Jamie Ford’s debut novel, the author takes a delicate look at a painful page in American history in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Read more
Erin Prophet | Prophet’s Daughter
Erin Prophet, the daughter of church leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet and her one-time heir apparent, offers a clear-eyed, unflinchingly honest look at the Church Universal and Triumphant's controversial past in Prophet’s Daughter, which explores the dynamics of the charismatic Prophet family, the foundation of their spiritual beliefs and the cult-like control Prophet wielded over her most devout followers. Read more
Mario Locatelli | The Mountain Goat Chronicles
Bitterroot Valley mountaineer Mario Locatelli, known to many as “the Montana Mountain Goat,” has ascended 50 of the highest peaks in the United States, plus Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, since reaching the age of 70 (he’s now 76). And in his lifetime, he’s climbed 48 of those peaks twice. Read more • (1) Comments
Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith | Full Court Quest
At a sturdy 362 pages, plus a hefty bibliography, one might hesitate to wade into Full Court Quest, the detailed account of the Fort Shaw girls basketball team that earned the title Champions of the World in 1904. But it’s well worth plunging in to read about these gutsy young women and their accomplishments. Read more
Full Court Quest wins Montana Book Award
Full Court Quest by Linda Peavey and Ursula Smith won this year’s Montana Book Award, which recognizes literary or artistic achievement in a book that is set in the state, deals with Montana themes or issues, or is written or illustrated by someone who lives in Montana. Read more
David Allen Cates | Freeman Walker
When he was seven years old, Jimmy Gates was freed by his white slave-owning father, and sent across the Atlantic to an English boarding school “with a rolled up copy of the Declaration of Independence that I could not read.” He spends the rest of this spirited, sprawling novel trying to make sense of his father’s parting wisdom. Read more