The Great Wherever
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2026
Viking (Verlag)
978-0-241-79113-4 (ISBN)
Viking (Verlag)
978-0-241-79113-4 (ISBN)
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'An epic and deeply human story' PATRICK RYAN, author of the international bestseller Buckyeye
'A gift of a book' VANESSA CHAN, author of the international bestseller The Storm We Made
Okay, but the afterlife? It’s nothing like it looks in the movies . . .
A year after the death of her father, Aubrey Lamb receives a phone call from a distant cousin. She has inherited a share of a farm, down in the sun-streaked plains of Tennessee. Seeking distraction, and a way to erase a mounting pile of debt, Aubrey makes her way South to meet a family she barely knows.
Watching her arrival with great interest, and wry scrutiny, are four ghosts: Aubrey’s ancestors, the keepers (and spillers) of the farm’s secrets. As Aubrey gets to know her living family, another story unfolds in parallel: the history of the land, beginning with its purchase by her great-grandfather, one of the first Black landowners in the community, the four children set to inherit it, their bitter rivalries, and the tragedy that 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.
Dazzling and expansive, The Great Wherever is a multigenerational portrait of the American South, exploring land and legacies, race and generational wealth, and the sharp fragments of the past – how they spark and shine against the surface of our ordinary lives.
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PRAISE FOR SHANNON SANDERS:
'A deftly woven tapestry that scruptuously depicts familial ties and estraangement' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY, Booker Prize shortlisted author of If I Survive You
'Brilliant . . . this delighted me' ANN NAPOLITANO, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
'Reading Shannon Sanders makes me want to visit home' TONY TULATHIMUTTE, author of Rejection
'Sanders extracts comedy from the formidable situations that erupt in people's lives' WASHINGTON POST
'A gift of a book' VANESSA CHAN, author of the international bestseller The Storm We Made
Okay, but the afterlife? It’s nothing like it looks in the movies . . .
A year after the death of her father, Aubrey Lamb receives a phone call from a distant cousin. She has inherited a share of a farm, down in the sun-streaked plains of Tennessee. Seeking distraction, and a way to erase a mounting pile of debt, Aubrey makes her way South to meet a family she barely knows.
Watching her arrival with great interest, and wry scrutiny, are four ghosts: Aubrey’s ancestors, the keepers (and spillers) of the farm’s secrets. As Aubrey gets to know her living family, another story unfolds in parallel: the history of the land, beginning with its purchase by her great-grandfather, one of the first Black landowners in the community, the four children set to inherit it, their bitter rivalries, and the tragedy that 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.
Dazzling and expansive, The Great Wherever is a multigenerational portrait of the American South, exploring land and legacies, race and generational wealth, and the sharp fragments of the past – how they spark and shine against the surface of our ordinary lives.
***
PRAISE FOR SHANNON SANDERS:
'A deftly woven tapestry that scruptuously depicts familial ties and estraangement' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY, Booker Prize shortlisted author of If I Survive You
'Brilliant . . . this delighted me' ANN NAPOLITANO, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
'Reading Shannon Sanders makes me want to visit home' TONY TULATHIMUTTE, author of Rejection
'Sanders extracts comedy from the formidable situations that erupt in people's lives' WASHINGTON POST
Shannon Sander’s debut story collection Company won the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, was named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers Weekly, was an Indie Next Pick, and was shortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. She also won the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.7.2026 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 700 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-241-79113-8 / 0241791138 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-241-79113-4 / 9780241791134 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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