Riverhead Hardcover

In 1978, at age seventeen, Eustace Conway took one look at his future in an ever-complicated world and decided he wanted nothing to do with the stuff. Instead, he devoted himself to the Appalachian backwoods, carving out a spartan existence that would allow him to exist in harmony with the richness of the land. Or so he thought. When a curious Gilbert tags along for a bit, she discovers that the pursuit of a simpler life is anything but straightforward.