The Canyon Wall

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The Canyon Wall follows Duane Taylor on a journey from his sleepy hometown of Sawmill, Mississippi, to the western Montana mountains, driven by images from a compelling dream. Seventy-nine isn't the easiest age to give up everything he knows. But Duane must find the answers he seeks. Why is he seeing visions of his own future? Who is the beautifully exotic woman in his dream? And why do the images suddenly fill him with an urgent dread? Duane's journey touches many along the way, forcing his bewildered wife Verlene to wonder if he's gone senile, his angry daughter Katie to insist he should be locked up in an old folks' home, and his son Sam to cheer his father along for finally shaking off the dust of their small town. His arrival at the Lazy Bar-S ranch in Montana changes forever the lives of the cowboys and ladies living nearby in a remote canyon. Set against the epic backdrop of the American Rocky Mountain West, The Canyon Wall is a twist on the standard coming-of-age story, sharing Duane's first true taste of passion for living and for love. The Canyon Wall is a life-affirming tale celebrating the good in humanity.