Janet Peery Books in Order

Set mostly in the American Southwest, these stories follow men and women caught between places, relationships, and possible futures. Janet Peery examines their efforts to understand the mysteries shaping their lives and the uncertainty that accompanies emotional and physical displacement.

Luisa Cantú leaves a Mexican mountain village to work as a housemaid for Mrs. Eddie Hatch in Texas. Their complicated relationship unfolds across cultural and moral divides, examining love, sacrifice, wounds, and the possibility of forgiveness.

Sisters Etta and Mackie Spoon grow up on an Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl, carrying hidden family burdens. When tragedy sends them away from home, these linked stories follow their search for lives beyond the harsh landscape they know.

The Campbell family gathers in Kansas for their elderly father's birthday, but youngest son Billy's addiction dominates the occasion. His siblings confront their own troubles, parental favoritism, and the difficult boundary between protecting a loved one and enabling harm.