"Close Range" by Annie Proulx

I finally finished this very depressing set of short stories about Wyoming. Just to show you how long I've been at it, I read the Brokeback Mountain short story during the Academy Awards when Brokeback Mountain lost out to Crash. From this book I learned that Wyoming is a very depressing place for its long term residents. It seems to consist of difficult ranch work, bars,  abuse of women and various other totally depressing miseries. I think this is the last book I will read by Proulx.