About Margery:
“A lone hiker is drawn deep into the woods and emerges into a community set apart from the real world. What unfolds for him there—and the secret he discovers—isn’t what you might expect. With its rich descriptions of the natural world, its wise and articulate insights, its cast of humane characters, Margery addresses the deepest and most important issues we face. It’s Jeffrey Penn May’s best book.” – John Dalton, prize winning author of Heaven Lake and The Inverted Forest
Introverted backpacker Jeremy wanders off trail and discovers an eccentric, otherworldly town nestled in a mountain basin. The people he finds there are pleasant but a little bit peculiar. He befriends a reticent doctor and his quirky wife, and Margery, who regularly leaps from a cliff in death-defying bungee jumps.
Why, he wonders, do the otherwise healthy and upbeat townspeople seem to be disappearing? Does it have anything to do with hallucinogenic mushrooms and the transition from life to whatever lies beyond?
“This graceful, lyrical, and delicate novella lets us live in the mind of a fellow human who seeks solace and escape in the wilderness. May is brave enough to tackle and illuminate the big mysteries: how and why we keep going, how we face death, how we connect or fail to,