"My God, it's refreshing to read a novel as good and rank and honest and sexy as TRY. Lily Burana is wonderful storyteller, able to walk through all sorts of time-worn territory (cowboys, romance, rodeo) without stepping on a single cliche. If you don't care about the people in this book, then you should get your heart examined."
--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE

"TRY is a wonderfully insightful tour of the world of rodeo cowboys and the women who care for them.  With this powerful and passionate first novel, Lily Burana has thoroughly worked over both the surface of the cowboy legend and the realities that lie behind it.  This book, and its heroine, ring true every time."
-- Madison Smartt Bell, author of THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED AND ALL SOUL'S RISING

"Lily Burana has written a feisty, funny, sexy novel about romantic love, family love, the love of rodeo, and, above all, the marvelous oddities of the western landscape that brings these loves together. Darryl Heatherly is a captivating, endearing narrator and her leading man, J.W. Jarrett, will charm the chaps off of the most urbane reader. TRY is a delight and Burana deserves a gold buckle for taking us along for this ride."
-- Meghan Daum, author of THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT and MY MISSPENT YOUTH