To Will a House (Paperback)

Augusta X. Thomson

/ ISBN 13: 9798234108388

Published by Crea Press, 2026

Paperback. From CREA Press, featuring original art and collages made in partnership with the New York Public Library Picture Collection, comes a tale of sisters, secrets, and a house that sees it all.A PENINSULA OFF THE COAST OF MAINE, LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2022Pruitt's Neck Farmhouse was built in 1860 on sacred Penobscot land. Since then, it has seen inhabitants ebb and flow, tucking their stories into its interior for safekeeping. Bess Coleman bought the farmhouse in 1918. Three generations of Colemans have since inhabited the space, leaving memories in unseen places. When sisters, Emily and Corinna, get the call that the house has finally been put on the market, they make the decision to return, bursting the seams of a memory archive that will leave them changed forever.Part magical realism, part historical fiction, To Will a House tells an all too familiar story about the worlds we choose to forget. Structured as a will and told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including the House, this lyrical tale follows the unfolding of a family's trauma across time and place-beginning and ending with a Penobscot community on Maine's southeast coast. A haunting tale of sisters and secrets set on Maine's Penobscot coast. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798234108388

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From CREA Press, featuring original art and collages made in partnership with the New York Public Library Picture Collection, comes a tale of sisters, secrets, and a house that sees it all.

A PENINSULA OFF THE COAST OF MAINE, LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2022

Pruitt's Neck Farmhouse was built in 1860 on sacred Penobscot land. Since then, it has seen inhabitants ebb and flow, archiving their stories in its interior. Bess Coleman bought the farmhouse in 1918. Three generations of Colemans have since inhabited the space, leaving memories in unseen places. When sisters, Emily and Corinna, get the call that the house has finally been put on the market they must make the decision to revisit or bury the past.

Structured as a will and told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including the House, this lyrical tale follows the unfolding of a family’s trauma across time and place—beginning and ending with a Penobscot community on Maine’s southeast coast.

About the Author: Trained in visual anthropology at the University of Oxford and New York University, Dr. Augusta X. Thomson is a filmmaker and writer. Her work has been supported by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Fulbright, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation, among others, and her writing has been featured in HuffPo, Al Jazeera English, SAPIENS, The Daily Beast, Women in the World, and Religion & Politics. She lives in Brooklyn and teaches writing at The Cooper Union. This is her first novel.

Bibliographic Details

Title: To Will a House (Paperback)
Publisher: Crea Press
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Forrest, Jane; Penchaszadeh-Robert, Julia; Boumatar, Natalia; Rheams, E.G.; Kritt White, Jessie
Condition: new