Toad by Katherine Dunn

"As Toad’s structure began to emerge, I saw it was necessary to divide the novel into three parts, to more neatly arrange the story into what I saw as three discrete movements: Sally’s explanation of her self-imposed exile, and the introduction of Sam, Rennel, and Carlotta; Sam and Carlotta’s struggles to live off the land, and the birth of their son; and, finally, the loss that tears apart Sally and her friends." - Huffman