{"product_id":"sky-ranch-linda-m-lockwood-9781647426347","title":"Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Tara Westover's \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e and Ivan Doig's \u003ci\u003eThis House of Sky\u003c\/i\u003e comes a memoir about a girl's isolated ranch childhood--and her adulthood journey to overcome grief and fear and discover the truth about her mother's mental illness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of eight, Linda Lockwood moves with her family to an isolated ranch in eastern Washington State. Within two years, she's patrolling the ranch on horseback alongside her border collie--herding sheep, killing rattlesnakes, and defending the ranch's livestock from coyotes, bears, and even trespassing hunters--and working tirelessly to realize her dream of training horses. But her most daunting challenge is one hard work can't overcome: her mother is descending into madness. And Linda's deepest fear is that she might inherit the schizophrenia that threatens to dismantle her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt age twenty-five, Linda marries, but the joy of her first pregnancy is darkened by her mother's suicide. Then she endures a painful miscarriage and the death of her beloved grandmother, traumatic events that send her back in time to the births and deaths of animals--domesticated and wild--that she loved in childhood. Eventually, her own family grows, but her happiness is haunted by questions people have tiptoed around all her life. How did her mother become schizophrenic? What did she endure as a patient in 1960s mental hospitals? Might Linda and even her children be next to battle that catastrophic mental disorder? Driven by the courage and will she sharpened as a rancher, Linda vows to find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda M. Lockwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647426340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647426347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2024","brand":"Linda M. Lockwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070453043455,"sku":"9781647426347","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bed47062-2ff6-45c4-9aff-106538543314.jpg?v=1724243309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sky-ranch-linda-m-lockwood-9781647426347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}