The Hired Man: A Novel

The Dust Bowl sweeps a handsome stranger into a small Colorado town to dangerous effect

"...exhilarating and hard to resist." -The Washington Post on Westering Women

1937. It's been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. Folks can barely remember a time when the clouds were filled with rain instead of dirt, and when the fields were green instead of brown. High school student Martha Helen Kessler and her family are luckier than most; they still eke out a living from the land. ...