Modern Ranch Living: A Novel

A trio of malcontents living in the crumbling desert community of Rancho Sin Vacas--Kendra, a fitness-obsessed teenager struggling to master a violent streak; her misanthrophic brother Thomas; and Merv, a thirty-year-old man trapped in a rut with an insomniac mother--are forced into an unlikely alliance by the odd disappearance of a local teenager. 20,000 first printing.

Mark Jude Poirier grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of two short story collections, Naked Pueblo and Unsung Heroes of American Industry, and the novel Goats. He lives in New York City.