Why the Tree Loves the Ax
- Authors
- Lewis, Jim
- Publisher
- Crown
- Tags
- adult
- ISBN
- 9780307805591
- Date
- 1998-01-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.84 MB
- Lang
- en
After an astounding debut with his novel *Sister,* Jim Lewis once again proves his remarkable talent with *Why the Tree Loves the Ax*.
Caroline Harrison is a young woman drifting across the country from a secret past to an uncertain future. Stranded by accident in a small Texas city, she decides to settle down and stay, only to have her peace destroyed by a moment of inspired fury. From there she's on the run, to New York City to confront her ex-husband, and then upstate, where she lands in a small house in the woods inhabited by three men and an eight-year-old boy—a tiny criminal community. But will they help her or hurt her? And what exactly are they scheming?
This is a story of female violence, fear, and resourcefulness. It is a meditation on identity and memory. Lewis's writing is deft and haunting, and the story establishes a new model for women's narrative. *Why the Tree Loves the Ax* is sure to put Lewis in the pantheon of important young American writers.