“Book Descriptions: "Small Animals Caught in Traps" tells the story of Lewis Yaw, a troubled flyfishing guide trying to help his daughter Grayling find her way in the world even as he’s losing his own. It’s also the story of a daughter trying to save her father from drowning. The danger of trying to save someone from drowning is that you can get pulled down too, and sometimes your only choice is to let go.
“The wildest things aren’t in the forests or jungles, or even in the shadows,” Lewis tells Gray. “They’re inside us, and we spend our lives building cages—work, marriage, friendships, families—to contain them.”
Theirs is a story soaked with the cold rain that falls endlessly on Disappointment, Oregon, the runt of a town where it takes place. But rays of humor and beauty shine through, and ultimately this is a book about hope.” DRIVE