Farthest House
A novel full of mysticism and the healing power of self-forgiveness and love.
In Farthest House, 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-Anais, buried on the Nebraska hilltop where the family home resides, tells the story of deceit, survival, and love but, from beyond the grave.
Up against loss, Willow’s father distances himself from his mother and Willow doesn’t meet her grandmother for several years.
Following Willow’s life and Willow’s incredible passion for painting despite loneliness, a physical handicap. To say nothing of being raised by a father plagued with secrets. Under those conditions, the spirit of Amelie-Anais weaves together the lives of four enigmatic generations in Farthest House.
With her great craft of writing, award-winning author Margaret Lukas will transport you into the story and the lives of these families.
The setting of the story is in Nebraska in the 1920’s.
Margaret’s other books,
Farthest House is haunting and eerily beautiful.
– Holiday Reinhorn
The book is a page-turner of a novel.
– Anna Monardo
Not since The Lovely Bones have we experienced such a moving tale of love, suspense, and family secrets narrated by a ghost.
– Jonis Agee
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Margaret Lukas
Margaret Lukas taught writing for over a decade at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She received her BFA from UNO’s Writer’s Workshop in 2004. In 2007, she received her MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop in Tacoma, Washington.
She is a recipient of a Nebraska Art Council Individual Artist Fellowship for her first novel, Farthest House.
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