TO WILL A HOUSE

a novel by Augusta X. Thomson

with art and illustrations by Jane Forrest, Julia Penchaszadeh-Robert, Natalia Boumatar, E.G. Rheams, and Augusta X. Thomson

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

Propelled by the sale of their grandparents’ farmhouse on the Penobscot Bay, sisters, Emily and Corinna, return to Pruitt’s Neck to pack up the last of their belongings and make peace with the past.

Structured as a will and told from the perspective 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.