A Curious Tale of Self-Reinvention in a Scantily Settled Land

In this witty, wise, heart-warming memoir, Blant Hurt, a fiftysomething flatlander with urban sensibilities, buys a ratty weekend cabin up in the dark heart of the Ozark Mountains. His new wife has a passing familiarity with this rugged area, but still… What are they doing?

a novel

Dr. David Heyworth is a top heart surgeon grappling with his growing frustration with medicine, a restless wife, and a distant daughter leaving home for college. When a distraught woman comes to him for a second opinion about her ill husband, his life gets complicated.