I am so thrilled to share with you that my debut novel RICH SOIL is now available to PRE-ORDER.
The link to pre-order is HERE. It’s also on Amazon, B&N, etc, but please support your local bookstore and ask them to order it. It’s available through Simon & Schuster.
It arrives FEBRUARY 9. It will also be available on e-book and audio.
What is my novel about?
When Kate Talbott’s husband, Raj, dies suddenly of a heart attack, the life she has so carefully constructed disappears with him. Newly widowed at forty-four, Kate retreats with her eleven-year-old daughter to True Farm, the sprawling Connecticut property that has belonged to her family for generations—and where Raj’s ashes now lie buried.
As Kate sorts through the digital remains of her husband’s life, she discovers that their seemingly solid marriage held secrets of its own. Meanwhile, the farm pulls her deeper into memories of her complicated parents, her own fraught relationship with food and perfection, and the family history she has spent much of her adulthood trying to escape.
What begins as a summer of mourning becomes an excavation—of a marriage, a family, and ultimately Kate herself. To move forward, she must confront what has been hidden beneath generations of privilege, silence, and carefully maintained appearances and decide what deserves to be carried into the future.
Darkly funny, sensual, psychologically astute, and threaded with the possibility of the unseen, Rich Soil is a novel about the stories families bury, the identities women inherit, and what can finally grow when the truth is allowed into the light.
I am planning a book tour hitting the Northeast, LA/Santa Barbara/Ojai area, my hometown of Pittsburgh beginning in February. I will share updates as I get them.
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Writing and publishing this novel has been a dream. I can’t wait to share it with the world.
-Lilah