Critical Praise

The White Horse Home " The premise? That love humbles us in wonderful, unexpected ways, that if we believe in that mysterious wind that blows our lives, like tumbling tumbleweeds, into new shapes, we must ride blind with it. "

——Carol Muske Dukes, Washington

Post " A compelling, unorthodox account of bow one woman achieved a blend of commitment and freedom. "

——Chicago Tribune

" Davidson executes [cowboy] with intelligence, candor and humor .... Her shot is true. "

——People

The White Horse Home " What does a woman want? Rodeo and Juliet. "

——Maureen Dowd, New York Times

" The incredible story of love far outside the comfort zone "

——Teresa Jordan, author of Riding

in the Dark " The incredible story of love far outside the comfort zone "

——Teresa Jordan, author of Riding

for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton " I started reading this marvelous book and was unable to do anything else till I got to the final sentence. Sara Davidson, it's all your fault! "

——Hendrik Hertzberg, Senior Editor,

The New Yorker " Every girl needs a cowboy. Especially if she is over forty seven and thinks her days of passion are fading fast. Sara Davidson's compelling, funny, deeply felt book that carries an important warning: If you don't accept the love that comes your way, if you blink rather than seeing it for what it is, chances are you'll miss the great love of your life. Every girl can't have a cowboy, but she can have this book and she'd better. "

——Barbara Lazear Ascher, author of Dancing

All the Way and Returning: A Spirtual Journey " Novel or memoir? Who cares! Sara Davidson has created a love story so intensely intimate and so sexually compelling that every woman who reads it will be tempted to go right out and hunt down her very own cowboy. This is a book that makes you believe again in strange twist and turns of real love. "

——Linda Gray Sexton, author of Searching

"Cowboy is a fascinating, intricate, complex love story that cuts across class lines, defying social expectations. Davidson's relationship with Zack is full of complications and negotiations, terrible and wonderful. If we accept that love is a mystery, this mystery holds you until the last page and beyond. "

——Whitney Otto, author of How

to Make an American Quilt " Sara Davidson's Cowboy is a true grit love story for our time, told with style and honesty by a master prose stylist. Inspiring without sentimental, Cowboy will give you the best ride of the year. "

——Dan Wakefield, author of Going