Shannon Sanders

THE DEAD ARE RELENTLESS GOSSIPS, OR AT LEAST THESE DEAD ARE... A year after her father's death, Aubrey learns she has inherited a share of a farm on the sun-streaked plains of Tennessee. Seeking a way to erase a mounting pile of debt, she travels South to meet a family she barely knows. Watching her arrival are four ghosts: Aubrey's ancestors, and the keepers of the farm's secrets. As Aubrey gets to know her living relatives, the story of the land unfolds - her great-grandfather who bought it, one of the first Black landowners in the community, the four children set to inherit it, their bitter rivalries, and a tragedy that echoes through the decades... With the sale of the farm looming, the ghosts face exile, and Aubrey must decide how much of her future she is willing to sacrifice to the claims of the past. Dazzling and expansive, The Great Wherever is a multigenerational portrait of the American South, exploring land and legacy, race and generational wealth, and the sharp fragments of the past - how they spark and shine against the surface of our ordinary lives.

'A riotous, dazzling debut' DEESHA PHILYAW'Reading Shannon Sanders makes me want to visit home' TONY TULATHIMUTTEThe heartfelt celebration of family and the messy beauty of belonging for fans of Blue Sisters and Small WorldsOne family. Thirteen stories.Meet the sisters - Cassandra, Fay, Lela, and Suzette - and their circle of relatives, friends and lovers. A jostling clan of dropouts and overachievers, bickering siblings and delightfully bossy aunties.Journeying from a smoky jazz bar to a glittering campus soirée, this is a family portrait that refuses to sit still and a joyful, multigenerational celebration of belonging.Further praise for Company...'A brilliant debut with each incisive chapter offering a new window into the beguiling Collins family' Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful'There are undeniable shades of Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other. . . Sanders has fun playing with her characters as alignments and allegiances shift' Marie Claire'A deftly woven tapestry that scrupulously depicts familial ties and estrangement' New York Times'Offers sharp and original insight into the intimate politics of race and class' Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections