Tenney's Landing: Stories

The lives and histories of the denizens of Tenneys Landing a small Pennsylvania river town intersect in ways both incidental and intimate as the townspeople learn that their capacity for hope and forgiveness is greater than they thought. In Where the Devil Lost His Blanket Elizabeth Tenney embarks on an unexpected journey to return the remains of her deceased neighbor to South America. In Jordans Stand a gruff old farmer forms an unlikely friendship with a young widow. In The Springhouse a woman decides to leave her husband and return to Tenneys Landing where she becomes the unofficial guardian of all manner of community secrets. Evocative resonant and exquisitely tender these stories capture moments of change -- upheaval renewal and the quieter revolutions inspired by the small eventfulness of everyday life. Catherine Tudishs remarkable debut illuminates the shared human condition through the particulars of a small American town.