A psychologist in crisis retreats to the mountains seeking clarity after deep personal loss. When a mysterious wild man is placed in her care, she begins an unforgettable journey toward healing, self‑discovery, and self‑love.
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A psychologist in crisis retreats to the mountains seeking clarity after deep personal loss. When a mysterious wild man is placed in her care, she begins an unforgettable journey toward healing, self‑discovery, and self‑love.
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Far from her city practice, Thea — a psychologist stricken by guilt over her daughter’s abuse — arrives at the Institute for Healing and Transformation in the mountains. She seeks clarity. What she discovers is far more challenging.
When a wild man who lived in the forest with a bear is captured and brought to the institute, she is concerned for his safety and well-being. Drawn to care for him, Thea must confront the limits of therapy, the weight of self-forgiveness, and the painful realities of love and loss. Lyrical, suspenseful, and deeply human, this is a story of what it truly means to heal.
"This tale of a psychologist in crisis is immediately and deeply captivating. A marvelous read."
"A gripping tale of trauma, transformation, and self-discovery."
"An excellent new novel… explores loss, regret, mortality, and other big questions."
"Crawford weaves together beautiful prose… eloquently explores themes of forgiveness and healing."
"The wild part is our greatest teacher. This author never takes the easy path on the way to healing…"
"As a psychologist myself, I remain deeply inspired by the resounding truth of it!"
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Tad grew up in the artists’ colony of Woodstock, New York. Interested in writing both fiction and nonfiction, he majored in economics at Tufts College and graduated from Columbia Law School. After clerking for a judge on New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, Crawford worked for a small general law firm in New York City while writing and teaching writing and literature at the School of Visual Arts.
Finding few resources to help artists deal with legal matters such as copyrights, the sale and licensing of art, gallery and publishing contracts, income taxes, moral rights, and estate planning, Crawford initiated a “Law and the Visual Artist” course at the School of Visual Arts and wrote Legal Guide for the Visual Artist. Legal Guide now has well over one hundred thousand copies in print and is in its sixth edition (co-authored with M.J. Bogatin).
Crawford followed Legal Guide with numerous other books to help professionals in the creative disciplines. The Legal Affairs editor and a regular columnist for Communication Arts magazine, he also wrote for journals such as American Artist, Art in America, Confrontation, Family Circle, Glamour, Guernica, Harper’s Bazaar, The Nation, and Writer’s Digest.
He served as general counsel for the Graphic Artists Guild, lobbied as legislative counsel for the Copyright Justice Coalition, and volunteered as Chairman of the Board for the Foundation for the Community of Artists. In addition to testifying before the Senate subcommittee on behalf of artists’ rights, he drafted a package of state laws presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures — leading to the enactment of laws favorable to artists in New York, California, and other states.
The National Endowment for the Arts selected Crawford as a grant recipient to write on the topic of artists’ rights. He also received the Graphic Artists Guild’s Walter Hortens Distinguished Service Award.
In 1989 Crawford founded Allworth Press to offer practical information needed by creative professionals — artists, photographers, designers, and authors. Allworth Press, which today has hundreds of titles in print, became an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing in 2011. Crawford remains the publisher for Allworth Press.
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