On this special Tuesday episode, V chats with Monté Hill about her book "Catbird Winter".

A battle within and without. When dreams collide with desperation, can a wounded soul find a path to truth, fulfillment, and redemption?

1916. Trevor Middleton is crushed. After a freak accident shatters his leg, the American Great War ambulance driver fears he’ll never be able to climb into the cockpit of a French bi-plane to fight the Germans. Convalescing in Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina, the disconsolate veteran can hardly believe it when he catches the eye of a Bible-thumping minister’s daughter.

Moved by the disappearance of the young woman’s brother, Trevor agrees to help her search for him in a nearby cave. But after their efforts turn up only a hidden still, a night of drunken passion may alter his destiny irrevocably.

Still longing to take to the skies, can this would-be pilot outrun a fate that seems determined to ground him?

Digging deep into the forgotten past, Monté Hill renders an eye-opening tale of ordinary people trapped by geography, tradition, and the fickle whims of chance. Her compassionate prose and intimate character development will transport readers to another time and place, immersing them in the fascinating life of early 20th-century Appalachia.