Toots in Solitude: A Novel

Funny, suspenseful, tender, and wise—the story of a man who took to the woods, and the woman who found him there

Soon after his fortieth birthday, Macon "Toots" Henslee left his home, his job, and his marriage to live in a tree house. Lots of people—his wife especially—thought that he had lost his mind, but from his perch atop a Tennessee riverbank, Toots could see plainly the insanity of his old life. He had become a man who said and did the opposite of what he wanted to say and do—what co...