The Bunchgrass Edge of the World Summary

The Touches live on a ranch in Wyoming. Red began the ranch after escaping Wyoming, but not finding anything better. All of Red's children left home eventually except his youngest child, Aladdin. Aladdin married and brought his wife back to the family ranch, raising two daughters there. Aladdin took over the ranch from Red, but Red continues to live with the family, pushed aside and forced to live in the old pantry. Aladdin's youngest daughter, Shan, moved away to take a package design job in Las Vegas. Ottaline, the oldest daughter, remained on the ranch, eventually working with her father in the fields.

Ottaline is a large, mildly attractive girl who dreams of a white knight coming to the ranch to rescue her from her loneliness. At night Ottaline listens to the scanner...