A Quilting of Scars (Summary, Reviews & Purchase Options)

What if the hardest story to tell… was your own? On a quiet farm shaped by tradition and silence, Larkin Beattie has lived a life carved by secrecy, shame, and longing. A Quilting of Scars stitches together the memories he’s spent decades trying to forget—memories of forbidden love, betrayal, and a murder that still haunts the fields he calls home. As Larkin reflects on his youth, you are invited into a moving portrait of rural life where queer identity is hidden beneath layers of fear and moral judgment. With a voice both tender and unflinching, this novel reveals how guilt lingers, how silence cuts deep, and how telling the truth—finally—might be the only way to heal. For readers of Brokeback Mountain and The Secret Scripture, this is a story you won’t forget.