The Widow Smalls is a book that has been on my TBR shelves for several years. I enjoy a good anthology, so decided it was time to pick this one up. It is made up of several short stories, so longer than others. They are set in the Midwest, most in Wyoming. The characters include star-crossed lovers, a young rancher facing his first test of moral courage, an inscrutable ranch hand claiming an impressive relative, a father making one last grasp for his daughter’s love and a child’s struggle to make sense of the world around her. All will leave you wanting more.

I had mixed feelings about the stories in this book. All were stories of hardship or turmoil and would pull me in, but then end rather abruptly. They left me bewildered at times, wondering what might have happened next. Perhaps that is what the author wanted, but it left me wanting more. The writing was good and pulled me in, but like I said, I was left hanging at the end of each story.

This was a collection of 6 short stories with a common denominator of ranch life. Each story is interesting and very well written.
Many thanks to Pronghorn Press and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.