{"product_id":"the-great-wherever-preorder","title":"The Great Wherever - PREORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date: July 07, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2026 by NPR, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, WGBH, \u003ci\u003eThe Root, Our Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a truly magnificent novel from a uniquely powerful voice. A bighearted triumph.\"  \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dead are relentless gossips, or at least these dead are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatching 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn expansive family saga told with a wry and distinctly modern voice, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Wherever\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShannon Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the linked short story collection \u003ci\u003eCompany\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, was named one of the best books of 2023 by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and Debutiful, and was shortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sewanee Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and has received a PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and three sons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shannon Sanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51875088236829,"sku":"9781250421678","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250421678.jpg?v=1781280067","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-great-wherever-preorder","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}