Nan Martin
1) Proud men
Pub. Date
2012
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The untamed West belongs to the man who can rope it in, the American cowboy. Rancher Charlie McCloud is one of the best, and he's proud of everything he's given to the land. Proud of everything except his son. Charlie Jr. shamed his father years ago, and McCloud can't, and won't, forgive him. But now McCloud is dying and Charlie Jr. must try to make peace. Although they ride the land together, neither man will give in, and their pride soon turns into...
2) Proud Men
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When son of a conservative small rancher refuses to go to the Vietnam War, his father disowns him. Fifteen years later his mother asks him to return home and try one final time to make peace with his still proud and stubborn father.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Side A : The Derby Stallion / An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it. Side B : Thicker Than Water / After discovering her late father once married a rodeo queen, an attorney travels into horse country and finds more family.
Pub. Date
[2009]
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Thicker than water: A faded photograph leads powerful attorney Natalie to the secrets of her late father's past. She takes to the countryside, where horses run free, true love really exists, and Natalie discovers her own past and an enlightened future.
Ordinary miracles: Judge Kay Woodbury opens her door to a teen named Sally that is bright beyond her years, but very troubled. Kay locates Sally's father, Jim, and hires him to be her landscaper to...
5) Big Eden
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A successful but lonely New York artist returns to Montana after years away to care for his ailing grandfather and discovers new possibilities for friendship and romance.
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Rebellious teen Deena (played by two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank) is on the warpath with her family. Her mom is an alcoholic, and her dad an emotionally distant workaholic. When their tenuous relationship seems ready to break, Deena goes to stay with her aunt - but no one in this unbalanced clan is exempt from dysfunction. Is a family this far gone destined to end in pieces, or is it never too late for hope.