Book Review of Cowboys are my Weakness by Pam Houston
Name of book: Cowboys are my weakness Author Name: Pam Houston ISBN: 0-393-03077-6 Publisher: Norton Type of book: Adult, nature, cowboys, western, self discovery, 1990s Year it was published: 1992 Summary: "I've always had this thing about cowboys, maybe because I was born in New Jersey," says the narrator of the title story in this marvelous new collection. Set in the West, and sometimes in Alaska, these twelve tales are about women who are smart and susceptible to love, and men who are wild nad hard to pin down. Our heroines are part daredevil, part philosopher, all acute observers of the nuances of modern romance. They go where their cowboys go, riding rapids and hunting Dall sheep, dancing the two-step at the Stockgrowers' Ball. They meet cowboys who don't look the part-even Zen cowboys who image nuclear war away-and they have staunch friends who give them advice when the going gets rough. These are strong, shrewd, and very funny stories ...