Clay’s Quilt
Author: Silas House
On a bone-chilling New Year’s Day, when all the mountain roads are slick with ice, Clay’s mother, Anneth, insists on leaving her husband. She packs her things, and with three-year-old Clay in tow, they inch their way toward her hometown along the treacherous mountain roads. That journey ends in the death of Clay’s mother. It’s a day that comes to haunt her only son, who’s….Read More
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