Maytrees, The - Softcover

"A gorgeous meditation on one couple's slog through marriage, separation and reconciliation."--The Washington Post

"Dillard calls on her erudition as a naturalist and her grace as a poet to create an enthralling story of marriage--particular and universal, larky and monumental."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Dillard, a naturalist at heart, poignantly tracks the relationships between Lou and Toby Maytree across 50 years."--More Magazine

"Glorious."--The Miami Herald

"Each paragraph of Dillard's novel is a thing of beauty, meticulously crafted and vivid, whether expressing the loveliness of a seascape or a man's inner turmoil."--Entertainment Weekly

"Lyrically enthralling. . . . Dillard tells an engaging, subtle tale."--The Seattle Times

"Dillard's poetic descriptions seem to grow up out of the sand and seafoam, and the images she puts into your mind, playfully rendered and wonderfully precise, are spellbinding. Ultimately, this is a story of great tenderness."--The Arizona Republic

"Brilliant. . . . A shimmering meditation on the ebb and flow of love. . . . The author also weaves recurring images and themes through the narrative with supreme grace. . . . As in all of Ms. Dillard's writing, transcendent moments abound. "--The New York Times

"A spare and subtle novel. . . . Like Thoreau, Dillard takes us to that place of rugged independence, that struggle of making a living without forfeiting the mind."--The Chicago Sun-Times

"Breathtakingly illuminative. . . . Beautifully told. . . . Dillard has accomplished the reader's payoff she so relentlessly detailed almost 20 years ago in The Writing Life. She too has pressed upon us 'the deepest mysteries.'"--The New York Times Book Review

Sharing a simple life with his wife and young son in the post-war artist community of his childhood, free-thinking poet Toby Maytree is aided with child-care responsibilities by close friend Deary, who years later comes between Toby and his wife. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.