The South: A Novel Animal Behavior & Communication Over the course of the

Over the course of the year

Chad Somers

it's hard to resist giving Toad the warm hug he longs for

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

How do they shape our sense of history

The South: A Novel Animal Behavior & Communication Over the course of theA 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