The Great Wherever: A Novel

The Great Wherever: A Novel

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One Of EsquireS 22 Most Anticipated Books Of 2026One Of Publishers WeeklyS 10 Most Anticipated Literary Fiction Titles For Spring/Summer 2026One Of Literary HubS And BookpageS Most Anticipated Books Of 2026The Dead Are Relentless Gossips, Or At Least These Dead Are.An Impulsive And Heartbroken Woman Inherits Her FatherS Share Of A Tennessee Farm That Is Rich In Family Secrets And Occupied With Busybody Ghosts In This Sweeping Family Portrait.At ThirtyTwo, Aubrey Lamb Is Stumbling Through Adulthood. An Underpaid Gig Worker In Washington, Dc, SheS Grieving The End Of A Serious Relationship And The Recent Loss Of Her Father. When Aubrey Learns She Has Inherited His Stake In A Sizable Tennessee Farm She Sees An Opportunity To Get Out Of The CityAnd To Erase A Mounting Pile Of Debt.Watching Her Arrival With Great Interest Are Four GhostsAubreyS Ancestors, WhoVe Staked Their Own Claims To The Farm And Who Never Hesitate To Pass Judgment On The Mistakes Made By The Living, Whether Romantic, Financial, Or Sartorial. As Aubrey Reconnects With Her Living Family, Another Story Unfolds In Parallel: The History Of The Land, Beginning With Its Purchase By Thomas, AubreyS GreatGrandfather And One Of The First Black Landowners In His Community. Though Thomas Hopes To Give His Children A Homestead On Which They Could Flourish, The Land Proves To Be A Burdensome Inheritance. Over The Years, It Turns The Lambs Against One Another, Culminating In A Catastrophic Tragedy That Splinters The Family And Echoes Through The Decades.Now, As The Clock Ticks On A Potential Sale Of The Farm, The Ghosts Fear Expulsion From The Home TheyVe Made, And Aubrey Must Weigh The Hopes And Burdens Of Her Forebears With The Very Real Needs Of Her Future.An Expansive Family Saga Told With A Wry And Distinctly Modern Voice, The Great Wherever Is At Once Grand And Intimate; It Explores The Ways We Learn To Define Ourselves Through And Against Our Families, How We Carry On After Loss, And How The Past Lives On In All Of Us.

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