| International Standard Book Number |
1250421675
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250421678
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
[Fic]
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| Personal Name |
Sanders, Shannon.
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| Title Statement |
The great wherever / Shannon Sanders.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Henry Holt and Co., 2026.
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| Physical Description |
416 pages ; 24 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
One of Esquire's 22 Most Anticipated Books of 2026 One of Publishers Weekly 's 10 Most Anticipated Literary Fiction titles for Spring/Summer 2026 One of Literary Hub' s and BookPage 's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 The dead are relentless gossips, or at least these dead are. An impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father's share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody ghosts in this sweeping family portrait. At thirty-two, Aubrey Lamb is stumbling through adulthood. An underpaid gig worker in Washington, DC, she's 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 city-and to erase a mounting pile of debt. Watching her arrival with great interest are four ghosts-Aubrey's ancestors, who've 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, Aubrey's great-grandfather 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 they've 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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| Target Audience Note |
A Libraria.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Loss (Psychology) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inheritance and succession Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Family secrets Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Dysfunctional families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Farms Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Perte (Psychologie) Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Familles noires ame´ricaines Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Familles inadapte´es Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Successions et he´ritages Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Tennessee Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Tennessee Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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