Celebrating the Complexities and Joys of Family Life in A Parchment of Leaves
Silas House grew up in a family of storytellers. The most gifted among them was Dave Sizemore, his great-uncle. Sizemore died in 1997, and with his death, House suddenly realized that a rich and wonderful history had gone with him.
That's when House, who had had writing aspirations since childhood, finally decided to seriously pursue his own brand of storytelling.