Catherine Chanter Books in Order

A novella narrated by the owner of a house for sale anchors this collection of unsettling short fiction. Other stories combine everyday encounters with wit and strangeness, exploring the uneasy spaces within familiar lives and minds.

Ruth moves her family to an idyllic farm that keeps thriving while surrounding land dries out. Neighborly suspicion and isolation erode her confidence, turning a hoped-for refuge into a place where trust becomes increasingly difficult.

After her mother’s death, Diana invites her estranged half-sister and nephew to the country home she shares with her new husband. A bitter argument and a terrible accident expose the lies beneath her carefully ordered life.

Adopted author Catherine Chanter begins searching for her birth mother at fifty, drawing on professional experience with troubled children. Following uncertain leads through Ireland and Canada, she explores identity, belonging and the emotional complexities of adoption.