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Set against the backdrop of a 120-acre homestead in the Colorado Rockies, the narrative follows Pam Houston as she navigates the challenges of caring for the land and its wildlife. Through the changing seasons, from harsh winters to wildfires, she reflects on her deep connection to the earth and the ranch. Accompanied by her Irish wolfhounds and a variety of animals, the ranch serves as her sanctuary, offering healing and solace after a traumatic childhood marked by abuse and neglect.

Munter erzählt die Amerikanerin von abenteuerlichen Reiseerlebnissen, bei denen sie die Grenzen auslotet. Sie erbt eine Ranch am Rio Grande, was ihre Suche nach einem geruhsameren Leben beschliessen könnte.

Ironisch untertreibend schildert die unerschrockene amerikanische Abenteurerin gefährliche Herausforderungen auf unbekanntem Terrain in Alaska und den Rocky Mountains, in den Anden und in Afrika.

In Pam Houston's critically acclaimed collection of strong, shrewd, and very funny stories, we meet smart women who are looking for the love of a good man, and men who are wild and hard to pin down. "I've always had this thing for cowboys, maybe because I was born in New Jersey. But a real cowboy is hard to find these days, even in the West," says the narrator in the title story of Pam Houston's critically acclaimed collection. In these strong, shrewd, and very funny stories, we meet smart women who are looking for the love of a good man, and men who are wild and hard to pin down. Our heroines are part daredevil, part philosopher, all acute observers of the nuances of modern romance. They go where their cowboys go, they meet cowboys who don't look the part — and they have staunch friends who give them advice when the going gets rough. Cowboys Are My Weakness is a refreshing and realistic look at men and women—together and apart.