westerns are hard to find. Well, here are a couple to consider reading!
The first is a real whopper of a read! It is entitled, "Back Lands,” by Michael Mc Garrity. This is book two of the Kerney Family
Trilogy. If you have read the Kevin Kerney crime novels by this author you will
be ready to read his newest western. This historical fiction novel is set between the
Great Depression and World War II. Kerney has moved back to his roots of the
New Mexico back lands. Emma Kerney has
experienced sickness that she thought she’d die from. Eight year old son, Matthew has been the one
to do the chores, buy the groceries and keep things going. Emma hated to put
this heavy burden on Matthew, but there was no choice. She had been dealing
with two losses in her life: divorced from her husband and the death of her son
CJ in WWI. These two circumstances would send any one’s life in a tail spin.
Neighbors expected the worst, when one day she awoke and her energy and
strength were back. She was not a destitute person; she had three rentals,
eighty acres of pasture land near a river. She also owned two vacant commercial
lots on Griggs Avenue in town. This is why she could survive through her
illness. She is currently setting up a trust for her son. This way if anything
ever happened to her, he’d be taken care of. She specifically wants her
ex-husband to never get his hands on the trust. The story builds about the west
and the young man, Matthew as he grows.
It is a true western. This book is a 503 page novel. You will enjoy it. It reads easily and the story moves quickly.
