winner of
The Sue Kaufman First Fiction Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters
The New Writers Award from The Great Lakes Colleges Association
A 5-Under-35 Award from The National Book Foundation
The three linked novellas that comprise Fulbright-winner Josh Weil’s debut bring us into America’s remote and often unforgiving backcountry, and delicately open up the private worlds of three very different men as they confront love, loss, and their own personal demons.
“Gripping...Meticulous...Full of Tenderness and Looming Menace.” - The New York Times Book Review
“There is a magic and gentle beauty in this book that makes me remember why I had always wanted to be a writer.”
– Tim O'Brien