Paul Harding Books in Order

A dying clock repairer's final hours open into memories of his impoverished Maine childhood and his long-absent father. As time loosens its hold, recollection brings together family wounds, loss and the unsettling beauty of the natural world.

After his thirteen-year-old daughter dies in an accident, Charlie Crosby struggles through a year of grief in his New England town. Memory, fantasy and encounters with his neighbors become part of his search for a life beyond loss.

Descendants of a formerly enslaved man and his Irish wife live in an impoverished but protective island community. A missionary's arrival disrupts their fragile independence, bringing mainland prejudice and the threat of lasting upheaval to their home.