Old Border Road

Susan Froderberg was born in Washington State and spent seven years, starting in high school, in Arizona. She worked for several years as a critical care nurse in Seattle before moving East to study medical ethics and philosophy at Columbia University, where she received her PhD in philosophy. She currently lives with her husband in New York City.

This is a Western transformed by its focus on a young woman....Katherine has a raw poetic voice that makes the tale an arresting incantation of longing and regret. - Ron Charles, Washington PostMs. Froderberg superbly draws on the Sonora Desert's singular features to highlight Katherine's changing emotions....The hard lesson of Old Border Road is that there are endless enticements that lead men to dishonor. - Sam Sacks, The Wall Street JournalThis remarkable debut novel, the story of a girl, begins with an adobe house and a road that runs south to north. - Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles TimesThis simple story is beautifully told. - Barbara Fisher, Boston GlobeFroderberg writes with an elegance and originality that captivates....The story has heart, perhaps because in Katherine we find a character to rally behind. - Minneapolis Star TribuneSet against a stifling drought, events take on their own slow-burning heat. . . .Froderberg's writing...achieves the sublime. - The New Yorker