Free To Breathe

Wyoming 1907. The winters are always harsh in the Rockies but this year the cold is the least of Ryder Tibbs worries. Hes seventeen when he watches his mother finally pack her things and march out of his life never to return. An avid reader all Ryders ever wanted is to go to college-but now with his fathers cruel eyes fixed solely on him that dream is slipping out of reach. No man makes a decent wage from a pile of books Joby insists. Ryder wants to argue to fight-but defying his father even over the right to choose his own future is something hes never even considered let alone tried.Its only when he meets Montana an eccentric and rough mountain woman with a fierce streak a mile long that hope begins to sprout. If Ryders going to make it in this grim world she says hes got to find the courage to stand up for himself-and she knows just how to go about it.Free to Breathe is the latest novel by Kirkus Star-winning author Constance Bierkan. In this tender and atmospheric tale Bierkan leads the reader into the wild heart of Wyoming but also into the heart of every boy who yearns to be free.