Books by Catherine Landis

After a childhood filled with loss and tragedy in the wake of the Great Depression and TVA, farmer Arliss Greene seems to love his cattle more than his family... This is a novel of family, marriage, farming, and what sustains people through loss.

Ruth thinks she has found her ticket out of Tennessee by eloping with a stereo salesman, but soon he "gets religion," and Ruth leaves. When she faints in a North Carolina five-and-dime, Rose, a fiesty elderly reporter, rescues her, beginning a friendship stronger than family ties. With spirited humor and empathy, Landis intertwines the stories of Rose, who is in denial of her terminal illness, and Ruth, who posesses the energy of Rose in her younger days.