Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop Books in Order

With his wife away and his young son dead, writer Hollis Clayton retreats into drinking, compulsive observation, and stalled work. An abducted local girl and a persistent stray dog become part of a strange summer of grief and disintegration.

Eleven-year-old Isabelle has not spoken for nine months, and her parents are running out of explanations and help. As school threatens to exclude her, the family struggles to understand the fear behind her silence without unraveling themselves.

A grieving family arrives at its Massachusetts summer home to discover a young man drowned in their quarry. The death echoes their daughter’s recent suicide, drawing each survivor toward different questions about loss, responsibility, and how to continue living.

As eighteen-year-old Willie Jones awaits execution in Jim Crow Louisiana, his father, prosecutors, prison workers, and neighbors confront the approaching event. Their interwoven perspectives expose the grief, secrets, and injustice running through the surrounding community.