Whiskey When We're Dry

I really enjoyed this... I felt completely transported to the time and place in this book... I have read it twice now and continue to buy copies for my friends and family. A must read.

A struggle to get my copy of this book. Well worth it. The book follows our heroine Jessilyn Harney, from about age 15 to much later in life. Her mother died, soon after she was born, leaving her with Pa and Noah her 5 year old brother. They have a hard life in a soddy, near a lake. Food is plentiful, always something to shoot. Pa and Noah got in a big fight and Noah left home. Jess and Pa kept the ranch together as best they could, always having to go after the cows in the mountains and thickets. Noah went out west and started robbing trains, making himself well known as a bank robber, an outlaw. Pa died alone in the mountains. Jess found that a family of one, a girl at that couldn't make a go of their ranch. She camouflaged her bits and rode out, thinking she was going to bring Noah home to help. Jesse as she now called herself, ends up with a decent job, working for the Governor and being his number one shootist. No one knew she was a girl. She is working here waiting for the Governor's men to bring back some information on Noah.