Farthest House

"Not since The Lovely Bones have we experienced such a moving tale of love, suspense, and family secrets narrated by a ghost. Lukas creates a complex, moving story with brilliant lyricism and hard won realism. Readers of Alice Hoffman and Anita Shreve will love this novel...and stay up all night to finish it!" - Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife, The Weight of Dreams, and South of Resurrection

"Margaret Lukas has written a page-turner of a novel. I can't remember the last time I rooted so enthusiastically for a heroine." - Anna Monardo, author of The Courtyard of Dreams and Falling in Love with Natassia

"Haunting and eerily beautiful...Farthest House is an unsettling, unforgettable book." Holiday Reinhorn, author of Big Cats: Stories

When Willow is born and her mother dies moments later, only the narrator of this spellbinding, debut novel knows the death isn't from complications of childbirth. Amelie-Anaïs, buried on the Nebraska hilltop where the family home resides, tells this story of deceit, survival, and love from beyond the grave. Following Willow's life and her incredible passion to paint despite loneliness, a physical handicap, and being raised by a father plagued with secrets, Amelie-Anaïs weaves together the lives of four enigmatic generations.