About the Author
J. D. Landis is an award-winning American novelist whose titles include Lying in Bed (Morton Dauwen Zabel Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters), Longing (a New York Times Notable Book), and the children’s classic The Sisters Impossible. He is the former publisher and editor-in-chief at William Morrow and Company. Landis lives in New Hampshire and New York City with food writer Denise Landis.
The Last Day
A young U.S. Army sniper returns to his New Hampshire hometown and spends one life-changing day in the company of Jesus. Together, they retrace the bonds strained by war—Bethie and their toddler, a grieving father, a best friend at the center of new complications—while memories from Iraq press in. Told in a direct, lyrical voice, The Last Day draws its strength from faith, family, and the bonds that remain.