Cathy Rigg will share her novel, “That Which Binds Us,” in conversation with Kara Addy at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
In the 1860s, on Virginia’s Appalachian frontier, the fates of five people are forever linked as they navigate love, loss and the cost of buried secrets amid the strife and turmoil of an unimaginable Civil War.
Punctuated by class and the realities of a devastating conflict, “That Which Binds Us” is a broad work of historical fiction that celebrates our best and explores our worst, that serves to remind us that across continents and cultures and generations, love holds the greatest power of all.
“That Which Binds Us” (Keylight Books) was named a 2025 Forward INDIES Book of the Year finalist. Rigg’s fiction and poetry have appeared in Still: The Journal, Women Speak: An Anthology of the Women of Appalachia Project, litmosphere, journal of Charlotte Lit, These Mosaics poetry anthology, Clinch Mountain Review and more.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 828.586.9499 or visit citylightsnc.com.