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Janelle M. Williams | What Do We Owe Our Families, Ancestors, and Ourselves?
Author Guest / February 13, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? GONE LIKE YESTERDAY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Is it a long elevator ride? Zahra is a listless college prep coach, and Sammie is a budding teenage activist. The two women share an unexpected commonality –beautiful, mysterious moths that have been singing to Zahra for years have more recently begun giving Sammie the eerie feeling of being watched. When Zahra’s brother, Derrick, goes missing, Zahra and Sammie embark on a road trip from New York to Atlanta, Zahra’s hometown, in search of him. In order to find Derrick and uncover the truth, they must discover what the moths want with them, and what that answer means for their individual and collective futures. It’s a novel that asks what we owe to our families, what we owe to our ancestors, and what we owe to ourselves. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? They were places I had serious questions for and strong feelings about. Also, I knew they would be interesting in juxtaposition to one another–New York and Atlanta! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Definitely! She’s a little hard-headed,…