Is there any time, place or event Jane Kirkpatrick can't bring to life? After winners such as "A Gathering of Finches" (Northwest-based) and "Mystic Sweet Communion" (Florida-based), Kirkpatrick takes us across America in a covered wagon in "All Together in One Place." And by the time we get to the West, we've laughed, cried, learned, won and lost. Can you ask any more of a novel? This book only confirmed to me that Kirkpatrick is no longer a rising star. She's arrived in the literary solar system and shows no signs of leaving -- thankfully.