The Hungry Season

By T. Greenwood

It's been five years since the Mason family vacationed at the lakeside cottage in Vermont, close to where prize-winning novelist Samuel Mason grew up. The summers that Sam, his wife, Mena, and their twins Franny and Finn spent at the lake were noisy, chaotic, and nearly perfect. But since their daughter's tragic death, the Masons have been just one step away from falling apart. The lake is Sam's last, best hope of rescuing his son from a destructive path and salvaging what's left of his family.
As Sam struggles with grief, Mena tries to repair the marital bond she once thought was unbreakable. But even in this secluded place, the unexpected can change everything...
From the acclaimed author of Two Rivers comes a compelling and beautifully told story of hope, family, and above all, hunger - for food, sex, love and success - and for a way back to wholeness when a part of oneself has been lost forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Corvus
• Release date: Dec 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781786490964

T. Greenwood

T. GREENWOOD's novels have sold over 300,000 copies. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Her novel Bodies of Water was a 2014 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist, and she is the recipient of four San Diego Book Awards. Keeping Lucy was a 2020 Target Book Club pick. Greenwood lives with her family in San Diego and Vermont.

Reviews for The Hungry Season

[anwulf · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

There are only a handful of authors that can grab me by the arm with the first sentence and guide me through an entire book on voice and flow alone. A few sentences. A simple cadence. It's over, I'm hooked. The characters haunt me long after the book is finished, their stories in my mind like they're people I used to know. Three-dimensional, flawed, real.

[jennymcb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very well written. The book is about a family's grief after the death of a family member. The point of view of each character's relationship to each other and to the dead family member is done in such a way that you really don't know who could have prevented the death. I enjoyed the book and the ending was somewhat of a surprise, which I liked.

[fig2_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Devastated by the loss of his young daughter, famous novelist Sam Mason and his family flee from California to a secluded cabin on the east coast. While the family grapples with their plunge into despair, a determined fan of Sam's begins making a trek east as well. This is a chilling, suspenseful, gripping read. T. Greenwood is an amazing writer and this book is excellent.