Why The Tree Loves The Ax

The Story

Drifting from town to town, Caroline Harrison has a secret past-and an uncertain future. When she wakes up in a hospital after a car accident, she decides to settle down where she is-Sugartown, Texas. But this peaceful community is not the end of the road for Caroline. Her memories are still haunting her. Her anger and fear are consuming her. And-locked away in a small house in the woods of upstate New York--her destiny is calling... '[A] haunting exploration of memory and identity... Why theTree Loves the Ax is a literary suspense novel that actually delivers-a page turner that will keep readers guessing until the end.' -New York Times '[A] beautifully wrought tale.' -Vanity Fair 'A hallucinatory tale of violence and disguises, spiritual disorientation and wanderlust...[a] fluid evocation of shattered lives and landscapes.' -Publishers Weekly '[An] affecting, atmospheric novel about identity and redemption.' -Details '...possesses both the narrative arc and rich interiority of a medieval saint's confession.' -Newsday 'Part mystery, part psychological sketch, this intriguing novel...take[s] readers through the many mental twists and turns of the life of a very disturbed woman.' -Library Journal 'Jim Lewis captures the intricacies of a mind as it comes undone, unraveling a twisted tale of love and obsession right along with it.' -Us 'Engrossing...a wickedly satisfying journey.' -New York Post --A powerful, beautifully written novel of psychological suspense that is both commercial and literary