<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have a patron searching for the title of a book:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">"It's a biographical type story (may be based on her experiences?) and the author still lives in Portland with her husband and children.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">I think it's set in the 70's. The main character meets a cowboy/loner bad boy type and they end up together, even though she is very naive and inexperienced. I believe she was living on a communal farm at the time.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">They travel all over Oregon working odd jobs, living hand to mouth, very simply. They work as ranch hands at a resort called Red's Horse Ranch (I think). A few times she connects with her parents in Portland and they really disapprove of her life and try to get her to come home. </div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Eventually they get married, have some kids and move to Portland.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Not a great synopsis, but it should be enough for someone that knows the book." </div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I haven't had any luck searching, hoping someone has read this book and can direct me either to the author or the title.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Thanks....Krist</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">___________________________</font></div><div><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif">Krist Obrist, Library Director</font></div>
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