BEYOND THE SYCAMORES

Beyond the Sycamores is a deeply intimate, emotionally layered historical novel that explores what it means to love someone through mental illness, grief, and the quiet wars waged inside a home. The story follows Nathan Thaddeus Wallace — a faithful, working-class bread truck driver — as he navigates the complexities of a post-war American life filled with simple routines, unspeakable loss, and a marriage unraveling under the weight of trauma. As he works tirelessly to provide stability for his wife Carly and daughter Denise, he clings to a dream of one day owning a home in the country — a dream that keeps him afloat, even when everything else threatens to drown him. When Nathan takes on a new rural route, he encounters the elegance and quiet strength of Correll Farrington, a horsewoman whose life contrasts sharply with his own. As these two worlds gently touch, a story of emotional conflict, loyalty, and the human need to be seen unfolds. A novel that balances sorrow with serenity, hardship with hope, Beyond the Sycamores is a testament to quiet heroism, the long road of healing, and the fragile threads that hold families together.