The Chinchilla Farm by Judith Freeman (1990, Paperback)

Synopsis
A refugee from Mormonism (which included a faithless husband), Verna Flake travels to Los Angeles and Mexico in an attempt to begin a new life.

Key Details
Author:	Judith Freeman
Language:	English
Publisher:	Vintage Books
Series:	Vintage Contemporaries
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0679730524
ISBN-13:	9780679730521

Size
Length:	308 pages
Height:	8 in
Width:	5.3 in
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	9.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Here is a spacious and marvelously original first novel by the author of the wrarmly received short story collection Family Attractions, with its own distinctive pace and music and ability to invest the mundane with a feeling of the magical.

Verna Flake flees a rigid Mormon upbringing and a ruined marriage. What she finds instead is how deeply rooted she is in her own past and how that loyalty can be at once dangerous and deeply nourishing.

Industry Reviews
"Under the ...honesty and generosity of [her] writing is a delicate and impressive artistic strength...[This book] lingers in my mind as a journey through the desert of the west and of the soul."
(unknown) - Ursula K. Le Guin

"Judith Freeman possesses one of the strangest, most distinguished voices in American fiction today. There's really nothing to compare her with, except, maybe the austere beauty of a Japanese rock garden."
Chicago Tribune - Carolyn See