Wagamese delivers a ripping good read

From the author of Keeper'n Me and For Joshua comes a novel of redemption and the power of transformation. Dream Wheels, by Richard Wagamese, is a testament to the healing power of family and an homage to the Ojibway and Sioux traditions.

Dream Wheels is the story of a physically and mentally damaged rodeo rider, a troubled and disillusioned kid and his bitter victimized mother.

Joe Willie Wolfchild is on the verge of becoming a world champion rodeo cowboy when a legendary bull cripples him. At the same time, in the same city, Claire Hartley is brutally assaulted and her 14-year-old son Aidan is arrested for a botched hold-up. Eager to find a place for her son to channel his rage, Claire brings Aiden to a rodeo ranch run by the Wolfchild family where he is drawn to bull riding. Dream Wheels tells the story of a people's journey, a family's vision, a man's reawakening, a woman's recovery and a boy's emergence to manhood.