COMING MARCH 1, 2026
Spanning decades, The Contradictions of Martyrs is a powerful family saga about the tangled bonds of love, ambition, and forgiveness. Abby Craig’s journey from a childhood marked by illness and secrets to adulthood as the matriarch of a blended, complicated family unfolds against the backdrop of the racial history of 1960s Chicago, through to the present and the snowy serenity of Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
As generations of Chathams and Glovers confront the legacies of privilege, race, and betrayal, their lives intertwine in unexpected and profound ways. The narrative forces the reader to question martyrdom by asking whether self-sacrifice or self-interest drives us, and it shatters the illusions of noble suffering against the messy reality of redemption.
Through moments of heartbreak and triumph, each character must confront the contradictions in their convictions—and make the case for whether the hills are worth dying on, or worth living for.
