Jay Atkinson's THE TREE STAND presents short stories of hardscrabble living and crushing blows, shot through with seams of love and hope. You will find the settings convincing and mesmerizing; the

characters, heartwarming and heartbreaking.

"These stories of love and loss play like great songs from a favorite radio station, carried on the powerful FM frequency of Jay Atkinson's trademark clean, precise prose. THE TREE-STAND is transporting."

-Chuck Hogan, New York Times bestselling author of THE TOWN