even after my grandfather had two strokes. They were on their ranch / farm well into their 80s. I could not help but think of my grandparents - we always referred to their property as a "dirt farm" - dirt being their most reliable crop. I really liked it a lot! The quirky characters, the message, the humor, the pathos, and the landscape all made this an especially moving book for me. I've had this book on my TBR "radar" for a bajillion years and I don't know why I waited so long to read it. Until one day Joe Mondragon decides to cut a break in the wall and divert water onto his late father’s field, so he can plant some beans. So he’s been able to buy out the poor farmers securing more and more land and leaving less water for those that remain. Over the years Ladd Devine’s family has manipulated the indigenous peasant farmers, securing the majority of water rights for his proposed golf course / spa retreat while leaving the original residents with arid land, unsuitable for farming, or even grazing. In a New Mexico valley the power is held by one man and his company.
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