This book isn't about Saskatchewan. It's about the people who live there. Ranging from the laugh-out-loud comic to the starkly tragic, these are extraordinary stories about ordinary people. Whether an eight-year-old farm girl whose naivety is shattered by a fateful Friday at school, a beer parlour philosopher, a narcissistic schoolmaster or a teenage farmhand, all have compelling stories to tell, stories as rare as a January thaw in Prince Albert and every bit as memorable.