The Self-Enchanted (2012)
“At most she could go to the edge of town and look at them rising abruptly green and youthful to the west. From her hotel room she could hear the clear sounds of morning. One morning like that she got up early and drove out into the desert in Curt’s car, to watch the dawn. She could smell the sagebrush around her, the dusty green odour rising pungent in the winds, as a low mist rose off the ground. For her it was a journey back in time, to a past when she had been young and had not known what a precious thing youth could be.
She drove to the top of a tumbleweed-choked hill and parked the car. Slowly, through the glacial air, the sky began to lighten along the far horizon. Then the sun came, and the twilight broke up into scattering shadows. Somewhere ahead of her she heard the sharp bark of a coney, and the whole world burst suddenly into light. She stood on the brow of the hill, letting the cold air whip her dress, and faced the dawn.
Twenty miles away the sun turned the grey ...glories of the mountains into glittering splendour, where the snow-caps shimmered against the sky.MoreLess
She drove to the top of a tumbleweed-choked hill and parked the car. Slowly, through the glacial air, the sky began to lighten along the far horizon. Then the sun came, and the twilight broke up into scattering shadows. Somewhere ahead of her she heard the sharp bark of a coney, and the whole world burst suddenly into light. She stood on the brow of the hill, letting the cold air whip her dress, and faced the dawn.
Twenty miles away the sun turned the grey ...glories of the mountains into glittering splendour, where the snow-caps shimmered against the sky.MoreLess
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