Cathy Gohlke

Cathy Gohlke's novels explore memory, faith, family secrets, moral courage, refuge, and relationships tested by historical danger. Secrets She Kept places hidden history inside a family search for truth, while The Medallion turns toward survival, responsibility, and the choices made when persecution narrows every safe option. Promise Me This examines commitment across separation and loss.

Night Bird Calling and Until We Find Home connect private healing with the creation of shelter and belonging. Ladies of the Lake follows bonds whose meaning changes as the past returns. Across these works, Gohlke treats history as pressure on ordinary decisions: promises, silences, and acts of welcome can carry consequences far beyond the moment in which they are made.