Farthest House

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-Anais, buried on the Nebraska hilltop where the family home resides, tells the story of deceit, survival, and love from beyond the grave. Following Willow's life and Willow's incredible passion to paint despite loneliness, a physical handicap, and being raised by a father plagued with secrets, Amelie-Anais weaves together the lives of four enigmatic generations.

Susan Colins, San Francisco Book Review

"Why I chose this book as my favorite book of 2016: 'It spans several generations of a family that has many secrets that are slowly and skillfully revealed. I could not put it down!'”

About the Author

Margaret Lukas won a Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship Award for her novel Farthest House. A graduate of the University of Nebraska@Omaha, with a BFA in fiction, she then earned her MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop in Tacoma, Washington. For eleven years she taught writing at the University. She's been a contributor to NEBRASKAland Magazine and an editor for the quarterly literary journal, Fine Lines. Her writing appears online and in anthologies, including On Becoming, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Her award-winning short story, "The Yellow Bird," was made into a short film, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and earned film awards around the world.

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