A motherless young man must stitch his life together among his relatives and other lively folks of Free Creek Kentucky.
"Silas House is one of my favorite writers." -Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
"Deftly written, replete with wisdom." -Publishers Weekly
"A lovely and accomplished literary debut." -Booklist
"House writes from deep within the culture and presents his world without apology or gloss." -Chris Offutt, Country Dark
"A long love poem to the hills?like the finely stitched quilts that Clay's Uncle Paul labors over, the author sews a flawless seam of folks who love their home and each other." -Southern Living