"Poignant, engaging, and often humorous, Yet, Here We Are immediately pulls in readers with its lyrical prose, surprising twists, and vividly drawn characters who slip into your heart. Brenda Massman has penned a truly compelling story of love, betrayal, and irrepressible hope. A deeply evocative novel that stays with you long after

turning the final page." 

—Pamela Hamilton, author of the award-winning novel Lady Be Good

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"Yet, Here We Are is a thought-evoking, compelling, and

memorable read." 

—Dianne C. Braley Author, The Silence in Sound,

winner of the 2022 The New York Big Book Award

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"Taken as a whole, this strong debut novel is a rallying cry to embrace each moment, to participate in community life without surrendering what makes us open-hearted individuals."

 —Leslie Schultz, author of Still Life with Poppies: Elegies

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"Amid the lost innocence sparked by personal antipolitical upheaval, Massman delivers an inspiring message of courage, perseverance, and hope."

 —Craig Cox, author of Storefront Revolution: Food Co-ops and the Counterculture

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Yet, Here We Are carries readers through a decades-long love story of a woman who quietly discovers her endurance in the face of challenge, while simultaneously situating readers amid the 1970s food co-op “wars” where a quest for control has ensued between opposing groups of the counterculture.

 

Multi-layered and robust with luxurious prose, Yet, Here We Are is a riveting love story juxtaposed with a tale of a tumultuous time in our history that helped shape food co-ops as we know them today.

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