Long After We Are Gone, Terah Shelton Harris
Long After We Are Gone, Terah Shelton Harris
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Long After We Are Gone
A Novel

Author: Terah Shelton Harris

Narrator: Diontae Black

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

"Don't let the white man take the house." These are the last words King Solomon says to his son before he dies. Now the Solomon siblings must return to North Carolina to save the Kingdom, their ancestral home and 200 acres of land, from a development company, who has their sights set on turning the valuable waterfront property into a resort.

While fighting to save the Kingdom, the siblings must also save themselves from the secrets they've been holding onto. Junior, the oldest son and married to his wife for eleven years, is secretly in love with another man. Second son Mance can't control his temper, which has landed him in prison more than once. CeCe, the oldest daughter and a lawyer in New York City, has embezzled thousands of dollars from her firm's clients. Youngest daughter Tokey wonders why she doesn't seem to fit into this family, which has left an aching hole in her heart that she tries to fill in harmful ways. As the Solomons come together to fight for the Kingdom, each of their faรงades begins to crumble and collide in unexpected ways.

Told in alternating viewpoints, Long After We Are Gone is a searing portrait on the power of family and letting go of things that no longer serve you, exploring the burden of familial expectations, the detriment of miscommunication, and the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children.

About Terah Shelton Harris

Terah Shelton Harris is a former librarian and freelance writer, who now writes upmarket Southern fiction with bittersweet endings. As a freelance writer, her work has appeared in consumer and trade magazines, including Catapult, Women's Health, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and more. She is also the author of One Summer in Savannah, a Target Book Club pick, LibraryReads selection, Together We Read pick, and Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Catherine on August 06, 2024

**Many thanks to NetGalley, SOURCEBOOKS Landmark, and Terah Shelton Harris for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 5.14!** ๐Ÿ“ž Calling all fans of Black Cake...this one is for you! ๐Ÿ“ž The Kingdom has always rightfully belonged to the King....King Solomon, that is. The sprawling 200 acres of North Ca......more

Goodreads review by Karren on May 08, 2024

King Solomon is a man whoโ€™s larger than life, his home is his Kingdom, in North Carolina and itโ€™s been in his family for over two hundred years. King's ancestors were slaves here, and their blood, sweat and hard work made the plantation profitable and he doesn't want any white man owning it again. T......more

Goodreads review by Andrea | andrea.c.lowry.reads on July 11, 2024

Completely blown away! I could not get enough of the complex, real and raw emotions throughout this story. Each character was gritty and layered, with so much hidden drama going on in their own lives. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†? I was there for all the emotionally intense topics from homo......more

Goodreads review by Gabriella on April 23, 2025

2025 update I had to read this again for book club, mostly against my will! I've decided I'm just too gay to care about lEgAcY as it's described in these sorts of stories. None of the "patriarchs" in this story are worth having their "bloodline" live on, and that includes Ellis, who was wayyy more co......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on January 12, 2024

Lies, secrets, sex, violence, addiction, and betrayal have estranged the Solomon siblings from each other and the people who love them the most. Each one has to come to terms with the messes theyโ€™ve made as they try to reconnect as a family in an attempt to save their legacy. I was a big fan of One......more