Carys Bray Books in Order

Seventeen stories explore different ideas of home through family ties, longing and loss. A mother shops for babies, a husband fashions a child from ice, and a widow rediscovers romance amid the routines of ordinary life.

A tragedy shakes the Bradley family, whose Mormon faith has shaped every part of their lives. Father Ian clings to religious certainty while his wife Claire struggles with grief, leaving their children to seek their own ways through loss and doubt.

Clover Quinn wants to understand the mother she never knew, but her father's grief makes questions difficult. Sorting through her mother's belongings, she begins creating a personal museum that may reveal the family story both have struggled to tell.

Emma's husband Chris prepares obsessively for environmental disaster, stockpiling supplies while she tries to remain hopeful. Flooding, power cuts, and a visit from his mother deepen the strains in their marriage, forcing them to confront their incompatible ways of coping.