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The Great Wherever
A year after her father's death, debt-burdened Aubrey Lamb inherits his stake in a Tennessee farm she has never seen. She meets cousins she barely knows while four ancestor ghosts — gossipy, sharp-eyed, and tied to the land — watch a sale of the farm loom. Shannon Sanders's debut novel moves from contemporary Washington, D.C., back through Thomas Lamb, one of the first Black landowners in his community, and a family tragedy that still decides who gets to stay.
“The dead are relentless gossips, or at least these dead are.”
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Plan your meeting
The Great Wherever This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Porch sweet tea or D.C. coffee on the way to a third job?
- 2. Peach cobbler or A restaurant brunch you cannot quite afford?
- 3. Wraparound porch or A too-small city apartment?
- 4. Pond at dusk or Yoga studio after hours?
- 5. Sears catalog rabbit hole or Unread family email?
- 6. Memphis flight on impulse or Stay and refresh his office building's directory?
- 7. Fried-chicken farmhouse dinner or Informational lunch with attorneys?
- 8. Name from a house model or Name from a living relative?
- 9. Gossiping ghosts or Silence from the dead?
- 10. Keep the land or Take the cash?