A Key to Treehouse Living (Paperback)

Paperback. An Indies Introduce Pick, Indie Next Pick, and an Amazon Best Book of the Month, A Key to Treehouse Living will introduce you to a modern Huck Finnan unforgettable voice that will stay with you long after you finish the final page."Disorienting, weirdly wise, indescribably transparent, impossibly recognizable. Fun, too." Joy WilliamsFor fans of Mark Haddon, Tony Earley, and Jonathan Safran Foer, an epic tale of boyhood from an unforgettable new voice.A Key to Treehouse Living is the adventure of William Tyce, a boy without parents, who grows up near a river in the rural Midwest. In a glossary-style list, he imparts his particular wisdom on subjects ranging from ASPHALT PATHS, BETTA FISH, and MULLET to MORTAL BETRAYAL, NIHILISM, and REVELATION. His improbable questto create a reference volume specific to his existencetakes him on a journey down the river by raft (see MYSTICAL VISION, see NAVIGATING BIG RIVERS BY NIGHT). He seeks to discover how his mother died (see ABSENCE) and find reasons for his fathers disappearance (see UNCERTAINTY, see VANITY). But as he goes about defining his changing world, all kinds of extraordinary and wonderful things happen to him.Unlocking an earnest, clear-eyed way of thinking that might change your own, A Key to Treehouse Living is a story about keeping your own record straight and living life by a different code. For fans of Mark Haddon, Tony Earley, and Jonathan Safran Foer comes an epic tale of boyhood from an unforgettable voice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.