Winterkill

Danny Kachian is a Native American fighting not be become a causality - his father, Red Shirt, is dead, his wife, Loxie, has left him, and his career as a rodeo cowboy is flagging. But when Loxie dies, leaving him with his son who he hardly knows, he uses the magnificent stories of Red Shirt to guide him toward true fatherhood. SC, 306 pages.