Set in midcentury America, Yet, Here We Are explores one woman’s struggle between love and commitment, and another’s search for resolution behind a quest for control within a community of nonconformists, leaving readers to rethink the ways in which history, happenstance, and choice shape our lives.

 

It is 1948. Elizabeth travels to Chicago in search of a brief respite from everyday life on the farm and a marriage that has been waning for months. But when Stephen, an alluring British man befriends her, she must come to terms with where her commitment lies—until a tragic accident makes the decision for her.

 

Twenty-seven years later, an unexpected visitor arrives at Elizabeth’s home. Questions about her discreetly concealed relationship resurface as he claims to have the one answer to the question Elizabeth had long sought: had Stephen survived?

 

Meanwhile, as the environmental movement gains its footing, a battle for control over the nascent Twin Cities’ food co-op community ensues between opposing groups of the counterculture. Elizabeth’s daughters, Sage and Louise, inadvertently find themselves at the crux of the conflict, and Sage sets out on a quest to find what—or who—is behind it.

 

Forbidden love and poignant loss shape the life of one woman. For her daughters, mysterious visions and the search for conclusions lead to astonishing discoveries.

 

 Published May 2024 by Koehler Books