Blue skies,empty landΓÇöand enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a pasta mysterious trunka town on the edge of nowhereand a bracing new vision of the American Westfrom the award-winning author of The Changeling. ΓÇ¥If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellisonthe result would be Victor LaValle.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöAnthony DoerrPulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. ItΓÇÖs locked at all times. Because when the trunk openspeople around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parentsforcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stopshe will become one of the ΓÇ£lone womenΓÇ¥ taking advantage of the governmentΓÇÖs offer of free land for those who can tame itΓÇöexcept that Adelaide isnΓÇÖt alone. And the secret sheΓÇÖs tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory. Crafted by a modern master of magical suspenseLone Women blends shimmering prosean unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscapeand a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like youΓÇÖve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her pastΓÇöor redeem it.