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!['Black Cake' Author Is Back With 'Good Dirt': Here's More On Her New Novel 'Black Cake' Author Is Back With 'Good Dirt': Here's More On Her New Novel](https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/design-70.jpg)
Charmaine Wilkerson , the bestselling author of Black Cake , returns with Good Dirt , a novel that weaves together family history, personal identity, and the enduring impact of the past. The story follows Ebby Freeman, whose childhood is upended when she witnesses a tragic event that leaves more questions than answers. Growing up as part of one of the only Black families in an affluent New England community, she and her family have spent years avoiding public scrutiny. But when her high-profile relationship collapses and makes headlines, she finds herself at the center of unwanted attention once again. Seeking distance, she moves to France, only to realize that no matter how far she goes, her past still lingers. As Ebby pieces together long-buried family truths, she becomes fixated on an heirloom lost the same day as the tragedy—a centuries-old stoneware jar that once belonged to an enslaved ancestor. What first seems like a sentimental artifact soon reveals itself to be something...