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The story of Clay Sizemore and his family is the story of anyone who ever grew up wanting to belong and wanting something to call their own. After his mother is killed in front of him, Clay gathers all the best people he can to make himself his own family and his own story. This novel is an ode to storytelling, to family, and to heritage. A surprise bestseller and a book that consistently shows up on “favorite books” lists, Clay’s Quilt is Silas House’s first novel and announced a talent that author Robert Morgan called “one of the truest voices in American literature” and that USA Today called “perfect.” Order it here or at your local friendliest bookseller. |
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One of those rare books that manages to be not only a critical slam-dunk but also a national bestseller, A Parchment of Leaves is the mesmerizing story of Vine Sullivan, a Cherokee woman who marries an Irishman in the early 1900s. This beautiful study of forgiveness, marriage, and obsessive love was called “entrancing in the manner of a dream” by Newsday, was a finalist for the Southern Book Critcis Circle Prize, won the Award for Special Achievement from the prestigious Fellowship of Southern Writers (and many other awards), and became a favorite among book clubs. Order it here or at your local friendliest bookseller. |
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Anneth and Easter are sisters who love each other more than anything, even if they are incredibly different. Anneth (Clay’s mother in Clay’s Quilt) is free-spirited and hard to satisfy, Easter is devoutly religious and settled. Their differences will eventually cause a rift that will tear them apart, until they realize that unconditional love means having to sacrifice your own happiness for someone else. This poetic page-turner established House as “a master” (Atlanta Journal Constitution), was called “pitch perfect” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and “lovely” (USA Today), was a finalist for the Southern Book Critics Circle Prize, and won a slew of awards, including the Appalachian Book of the Year. |
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House’s acclaimed Christmas play looks at the hurting part of the holiday season through the stories of two couples displaced to the Northern industrial cities and desperately homesick for their families while also trying to come to terms with the events and mistakes of their pasts. Electric dialogue carries the audience through this intense one-hour drama that premiered to sold out audiences and standing ovations for every performance. The play will be published in 2009. Before that, production can be mounted by contacting House here. |
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Silas’s 2005 columns in the Lexington Herald Leader “The Evening is Now”-a short story by Silas House “Total Immersion” -a short story by Silas House
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