A novel set in a small Idaho town where rumors of catastrophe, family secrets, and adolescent friendship become entangled. Rather than a single big event, the story is driven by the frail connections among lonely people.

The loneliness of a small town spreads quietly from person to person.

A novel that compresses religion, violence, and sexual abuse into a few days leading up to a boy's first communion. It is harsh, but the tight focus makes the story sharply controlled.

On the way to a sacrament, memories of violence rise to the surface.

A suspense novel in which hidden family history comes to light after a father's death. Through the brothers' relationship, the book explores memory, guilt, and the reassembly of a family.

What a family remembers is not always the truth.