First published 1978
Richard Grimald drives into the New England wilderness with his rifle and his doubts. The successful businessman's wife has walked out, leaving him to face two weeks alone with his son, who wants to drop out of college. They set up camp among the trees, ostensibly tracking deer through the forest. But Richard finds himself hunting something more elusive than any buck. His son watches him with the wariness of someone who no longer recognizes his father. The days stretch between them, filled with the weight of unspoken failures and the sound of breaking branches underfoot. In the silence between rifle shots, Richard must confront what remains of his life after everything he built has crumbled. The woods offer no easy answers, only the raw honesty that comes when two people have nowhere left to hide from each other.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-study, father-son-conflict
Setting: New England
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
228 pages · Hardcover · Marek