The Deer at the River

A Novel

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  • A
  • young
  • carpenter
  • finds
  • himself
  • in
  • turmoil
  • as
  • his
  • wife
  • rapidly
  • descends
  • into
  • mental
  • illnessThe
  • Deer
  • at
  • the
  • River
  • follows
  • an
  • especially
  • intense
  • period
  • in
  • the
  • life
  • of
  • Noah
  • Dubbins,
  • a
  • young
  • carpenter
  • and
  • father
  • of
  • three
  • living
  • in
  • rural
  • New
  • Hampshire.
  • Noah’s
  • life
  • changes
  • drastically
  • when
  • he
  • returns
  • from
  • work
  • one
  • day
  • to
  • find
  • his
  • wife,
  • Ruth,
  • behaving
  • erratically
  • and
  • reenacting
  • the
  • birth
  • of
  • their
  • youngest
  • son.
  • Ruth
  • is
  • committed
  • to
  • a
  • psychiatric
  • hospital
  • and
  • Noah
  • is
  • left
  • to
  • look
  • after
  • their
  • children
  • on
  • his
  • own.
  • In
  • his
  • loneliness,
  • he
  • wrestles
  • with
  • his
  • lust
  • for
  • an
  • old
  • flame
  • and
  • a
  • burgeoning
  • confusion
  • about
  • his
  • sexuality.
  • With
  • financial
  • problems,
  • a
  • family
  • to
  • raise,
  • and
  • increasing
  • grief
  • over
  • his
  • wife’s
  • condition,
  • how
  • will
  • Noah
  • cope?
  • The
  • Deer
  • at
  • the
  • River
  • is
  • a
  • wrenching
  • parable
  • of
  • everyday
  • spiritual turmoil.
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