Of Clay Made Author:Daniel E. Lee Leavened with humor, Of Clay Made is comprised of three stories about folks whose humanity we often overlook because they do things (like steal chickens, a bad habit to which a couple of the characters in the second story succumb) that don’t sit comfortably with values many of us espouse. The first story—“The Courtship of Catherine”—finds Casey,... more » the central character in all three stories, head-over-heels in love. It also finds him caught up in the horrific devastation of World War I, where he inadvertently becomes a hero. The second story—“Sin and Redemption”—begins with a juicy scandal of the sort that keeps town gossips busy for years, a scandal which, though Casey had nothing to do with it, forever changes his life. The third story—"When Evening Comes"— finds Casey in the twilight of life. It is a story of loneliness, discovery, reconciliation, and family of the most unconventional sort.« less