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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.

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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.

available where books are sold

“Fans of Southern literature and historical fiction will welcome this new voice.”

— Booklist

“In an exploration of the influences that bind us to people and place, to conviction and dream, Cathy Rigg’s That Which Binds Us rings with intimacy and authenticity.”

— Southern Literary Review

“Rigg’s grasp of the Civil War’s emotional impacts and costs is well woven into a memorable balancing of love, loss, grief, rediscovery of buried secrets, and the persistence that leads to recovery.”

— Historical Novel Society

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Day 10: Let’s be at peace with this.

Day 10: Let’s be at peace with this.

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Day 9: Is there something waiting for me here?

Day 9: Is there something waiting for me here?

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Day 8: Ex—pec—ta—tion

Day 8: Ex—pec—ta—tion

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Cathy Rigg 

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Cathy Rigg is an author and maker with far more interests than she has time. Born and raised in Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains, her debut novel, That Which Binds Us, was published by Keylight Books in June of 2025. A work of historical fiction, the story is set in those beloved mountains and centers around five people whose lives intersect during the tumultuous years of the Civil War.

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