"A wonderful addition to the literature of the Southwest."—Rudolfo
Anaya

"Canterbury comes to Chimayo. Sandlin lays claim to a part of 
the world so infused with beauty it startles people awake, a world
where miracles still happen, where the divine isn't taken for granted,
where each moment is poised on the knife edge of change.
Storytelling at its finest."—Jonis Agee

    Lisa Sandlin's third collection centers around the daily lives of
characters in northern New Mexico who interact with saints literally
or metaphorically. Several of the stories take place on the annual
Good Friday walk to Chimayo and incorporate traditional elements
of pilgrimage: storytelling and chance.

    "A prose poem to New Mexico that will endure to become a 
classic."—John Nichols

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LISA SANDLIN came to New Mexico from Texas in 1974. She has 
taught at Wayne State College in Nebraska since 1997, returning 
summers to Santa Fe. She is the author of two other story 
collections, The Famous Thing About Death and Message to the 
Nurse of Dreams.