A captivating, emotionally taut novel about the complexities of a friendship between two women--and how it shapes, and reshapes, both of their lives "Filled with gorgeous prose and deep emotion . . . Explores what it means to be an artist, delves into the vicissitudes of life and death, and takes us on journey through the splendor (and sometimes ugliness) of the American West--with dollops of Flaubert, Faulkner, Chekhov, Collette,...