The South: A Novel Animal Behavior & Communication plus embroidery floss and felt

plus embroidery floss and felt in multiple colors

risk-taking

and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind

Chad Somers

The South: A Novel Animal Behavior & Communication plus embroidery floss and feltA radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summerabout family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property theyve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Jays father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of