Cat Rising

by Cynn Chadwick

Overview

Cat Rising is the richly drawn tale of one woman’s quest to build a future through the discoveries of her past. Author Cynn Chadwick paints a vibrant portrait of community—friends and family together for the long haul, no matter how bumpy the ride.Cat Hood and Lily Cameron have been best friends since kindergarten, when Lily rescued Cat from a schoolyard bully. In the 30 years since, the pair has grown into Girls With Hammers, making a modest living as small-town carpenters in the mountains of western North Carolina. But things are changing for Cat. Her first book has been published, her agent’s making big plans, and the whole town thinks she’s a celebrity. She’s got a long-lost brother who turns up out of nowhere with a wife who’s pregnant with twins, a ’59 Harley Duo Glide that makes a funny noise, a busted-up hand that puts her out of commission, and a German Shepherd named Mike who won’t get off the couch.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012172006
Publisher:	Napping Porch Press
Publication date:	01/20/2011
Series:	Cat Rising Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	299,824
File size:	616 KB

About the Author

Cynn Chadwick was born and raised in New Jersey but has lived in the South for over twenty years. She is the author of The Cat Rising Series: Cat Rising, Girls With Hammers, and Babies, Bikes, & Broads, and Angels and Manners, all Bywater Books publications. As The Table Turns, a Napping Porch Press publication, and soon to be released Then Came Jake.
Cat Rising is her first novel originally published in 2002 with Haworth Press, re-released in 2008 with Bywater Books. The entire Cat Rising Series is now available as an ebook publication with Napping Porch Press, which will also publish Then Came Jake to be released in both print and ebook in January 2012.

Earning both an MA in literature and an MFA in fiction at Goddard College in Vermont, Chadwick is currently a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where she teaches in the Creative Writing and Masters Programs. She lives in the bowl of a spoon-shaped valley with her mate, Elenna, and their two dogs Arlo and Seamus.