Jackie Smith

Once More with Feeling Jackie Smith

Two people meet in a seedy country-western watering -hole called the "Giddiup." One is a young widow named Emma-Lou who feels responsible for the death of her family. The other is a young college-educated rancher named Jonas, who is without family except for a surrogate father who lives on a neighboring ranch.

It is an odd trilogy of characters sharing only one common thread... their love of books. When Jonas begins to realize the "almost" in his seemingly "almost perfect" life may well be this confused and lost young woman, his life forever changes.