From the joys of youth helping your dad at a used car lot, to standing up a young woman so you’ll always be a fond memory and not the loser you know you are, or working in a trophy factory for a demented hoarder, to being pummeled by a chain smoking, four-foot-tall bar owner who loves professional wrestling. Watching a beautiful sunrise as your father walks out of your life forever, to being rushed into emergency heart surgery and wondering if this is the end. From Arrah Wanna to Mule Shoe wanders, ambles, and stumbles through a literary landscape littered with half-truths, bone truths, and magical realities.
Baker and Nobles may have misspent their lives, but they firmly believe a portion of yours would be well spent reading this collection. There’s an awful lot of living being done in the miles between Arrah Wanna and Mule Shoe. None of it is easy, some of it is strange, but all of it is real.