The sound of the trees
Subtitle: a novel
By: Robert Gatewood.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Mothers and sons -- Fiction.; Runaway children -- Fiction.; Family violence -- Fiction.; Runaway wives -- Fiction.; Boys -- Fiction.; New Mexico -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Set in the 1930s, The Sound of the Trees tells the story of Trude Mason, a boy escaping from a brutal father and a violent past. Without a vehicle or the knowledge of how to operate one, Trude and his mother set out on horseback on a grueling journey through the extreme desert and mountainous terrain of southwestern New Mexico. Their destination: Colorado, a place Trude imagines to be abundantly fertile, wild, and free.

Yet the wilderness proves to be as threatening as the boy's father, and Trude must stop to recuperate in a remote township along the way. There he becomes involved in the plight of a young girl whose life is hanging in the balance, and is forced to face an explosive collision between self-preservation and conscience."--BOOK JACKET.