Good Dirt

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake,a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshottime stopped. And when she saw her brotherBazlying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jarlife as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solvedΓÇöand because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New EnglandΓÇöthe case has had an enduringvoyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papersbut when Ebby’s high profile romance falls apart without any explanationthat’s exactly what they get. So Ebby flees to Franceonly for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what’s happenedshe begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years agoΓÇöthe stoneware jar that had been in their family for generationsbrought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family’s historyΓÇöit might also hold the key to unlocking her own future. In this sweepingevocative novelCharmaine Wilkerson brings to life a multi-generational epic that examines how the past informs our present.