Behind Picketwire
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Product Details
Publisher: HuckleberryBlue Press
Release Date: October 15, 2020
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Ebook
ISBN: HC: 978-1-7346966-2-2; PB: 978-1-7346966-0-8; EB: 978-1-7346966-1-5
Trim: 6 x 9
Page Count: 330
M. Day Hampton
2021 International Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Award, Independent Press Distinguished Favorite and the IndieBRAG Medallion Award
Behind Picketwire is the book readers are calling “one of the best books I've read,” and raving, “this book draws you in and doesn't let go.”
Red Johnson is a cantankerous sixty-eight-year-old man. After suffering a fall, he wakes to find himself alone in the world with no evidence of human existence other than his house and his dog, Jake. Desperate to find a way back to his family and the world he knew, Red journeys across the country in hopes of finding someone, anyone to help him. As he searches the vast wilderness and struggles for survival, he reflects on the life he took for granted. Meanwhile, his own history begins to unfold before him in the form of strange memories and hauntingly vivid dreams. They make him yearn for what he had, and fall in love with his wife all over again. As Red struggles alone through the wilderness, he comes face to face with a hidden family history that completely changes his past...and his future.
We are all on a journey to find meaning, and Behind Picketwire is one man’s struggle through the wilderness to know himself and to finally see his life in stunning clarity.
About the Author
M. Day Hampton currently lives in Paradise, California. After hearing a survivalist anecdote from a dear friend, Hampton was inspired to complete the journey described in this book through the American wilderness. Behind Picketwire is Hampton’s debut novel.
Visit the author’s website at mdayhampton.com
Reviews
“Wow! This is one of the best books I have read recently. I felt I was part of Red’s journey back to find his family. This book draws you in and doesn’t let go.”
—J. Adams, NetGalley review
“I admire the way that the flashbacks are woven so seamlessly and organically into the overall narrative...readers will feel as if they are in good hands with a confident storyteller for this journey.” —Clete Barrett Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. 60%