Sheep are Mathieu Etcheberri’s life. What he wants most is to leave the family ranch in Arizona and go to the university. When his father dies in an accident, secrets are revealed. Mathieu finds out he is not heir to the ranch and is forced to travel to France to meet a family he doesn’t know to claim his land. He is thrown into another culture where he learns about his ancestors and the traditions of his childhood. The French Pyrenees are stuck in time and Mathieu has to make sense out of decisions made by his grandfather years ago. He manages to find his place in the world and the answers he was seeking. The Last Shepherd by Martin Etchart is an interesting tale about growing up in a Basque-American family. The story is current and unpredictable. DB
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