Terry: A Tale of the Hill People

The year is 1912. Princeton has taught Terry Weland to dream beyond Crampville, but his small New England town has other plans. When he returns home with his education, his restlessness, and his fox, he finds a community that worships conformity and punishes anyone who dares to live outside its narrow moral lines. The fox he killed becomes a symbol of everything the town resents about him: his freedom, his refusal to be small. As Terry navigates his complicated feelings for Deane, his relationship with his sister Susan, and the expectations of neighbors who watch his every misstep, he faces a choice that will define the rest of his life. This is the great American conflict rendered in miniature: what does it cost to be yourself in a place that demands you be like everyone else?