“CB Anderson’s stories are precise, intimate, and open-hearted. [Grand Falls] is in her soul— its people, all its people, and its sorrows and rejuvenations… Blue Lion Days is flat-out gorgeous work.”

—Peter Orner, author of Maggie Brown & Others, Still No Word From You, and eight others.

“CB Anderson crafts such a bountiful world from such spare prose you can't help but marvel at her gifts. I was deeply moved by this collection of linked stories set in a mill town that's gone from boom to bust and is trying to work its way back to boom again… Don't miss this beautiful and important book.”

—Katherine Ozment, author of Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age

“Each story in Blue Lion Days is a perfect, multi-faceted gem. CB Anderson writes with care, intelligence, and reverence for these characters, this town, and the ever-changing river that is its lifeblood. Characters recur, interact, hurt one another, rescue one another, or step back to give one another a chance. When linked together, these stories produce something much bigger, more profound— a work of art about how to make a life.” 

—Louie Cronin, author of Everyone Loves You Back

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“Hope flows like a river through these moving stories about a New England mill town trying to reinvent itself for the post-industrial age…  Grand Falls felt like someplace I knew well. It felt like home.”

 —Jendi Reiter, author of Origin Story and Two Natures and editor of WinningWriters.com