Peculiar Savage Beauty Author:Jessica McCann "... gripping, atmospheric novel. McCann'sDust Bowl saga meshes a seminal event in American history with a suspensefulplot and insightfully etched characters." - Publishers Weekly — "McCann has crafted an unforgettable novel." -- Booklist — Peculiar Savage Beauty is the story of a headstrong and fiercely independent young woman who charges into t... more »he heart of the wind- and drought-ravaged Great Plains in the 1930s, intent on battling the dust and healing the land. As a geologist working for the U.S. government, Rosa Jean "RJ" Evans must find her place in a small farming town that welcomes neither a woman in authority nor changes to their way of life.
Inspired by actual historical events during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl environmental disaster, Peculiar Savage Beauty is a parable about man's quest to dominate the land and nature's refusal to be conquered, about unlikely alliances and unexpected love.« less