Well friends, I am taking a little detour this week from my usual gooey delights to review the work of a very amazing writer named Jana Richman. Jana, whose blog can be found here, writes modern westerns. This work is a raw and emotional tale about one family. If you're looking for a break from the undead, clockwork, or other things that go bump in the night, check out her work. Here is my review:
Jana Richman’s “The Ordinary Truth” is a raw, compassionate portrayal
of the experiences of four women from one Nevada ranch family. The plot line is tension-filled, the work is
beautifully descripted, and the message makes for a poignant read. I often felt the novel had me by the “emotional
guts,” and I found myself holding my breath—much, I suspect, like the
characters—until I reached the end of the novel.
In its chapter by chapter construction, the novel centers
around four characters: Nell, Ona, Kate,
and Cassie. It is Nell, however, who
steals the show. Nell, a hardened
rancher, is so realistically described that I likened her to many of the
matriarchs in my own family: stubborn, bossy, and narcissistic. Nell is in the golden years, and her
self-centeredness seems childish at times, but in Nell, Richman draws a
character who is real—real is not always nice.
Ona, soft-hearted and compassionate, is the observer of the novel. It is through Ona’s eyes that we can see, understand,
and often fairly judge the difficulties many of the characters face. Kate, Nell’s daughter, is a remarkably modern
mess. Haunted by the loss of her father,
Kate’s stiffness paired with fragility hits home. Losing a parent early and traumatically often
rocks a child, and Richman portrays Kate’s struggle with deftness. Cassie, Kate’s daughter, devises a plan to
crack open the secrets that have lain buried in the family for years. Her determination, though somewhat
misguided, is admirable.
“The Ordinary Truth” provides for a rich read. While the family struggles are the most important
plot element, the backdrop alludes to the ecocritical theme of the growing
rarity of water in the west. A
Floridian, I have no experience with and limited knowledge of struggles over
water scarcity. Richman brings the
problem to the reader’s attention as part of the plot but is not overly “preachy”
about the issue. In fact, a deeper look
at the work suggests that the struggle over life-giving water, and whether or
not drilling a pipeline under ranch land to redistribute water, serves as a
metaphor for the experiences of the characters: what happens when the essential
elements of life are rerouted, misused, or sucked dry? Perhaps Richman is alluding to something more
than water here.
Richman has a number of great lines in the book that provide
criticism of modern life. Kate remarks
on the cult of busyness in stating that we are all in “the perpetual quest
for keeping oneself occupied, entertained, and important—which burns at the
edge of addiction.” Her daughter Cassie
later remarks that in its most bureaucratic incarnations, Kate’s generation “goes
right on fucking everybody over and apologizing along the way. Your apologies are meaningless, insulting.” I have to agree on both counts.
If you are looking for a masterfully written modern western,
Richman’s work is sure to please.
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