One-Line Description

"A man discovers at forty-one that his last name is wrong, his grandfather is the preacher he called Pastor his entire life, and the rumor that poisoned his childhood was planted in soil that same man spent a decade poisoning — a story of eleven sisters, eleven secrets, and the generation left to reckon with both."

Short Pitch

When a phone call reveals that his last name should never have been Jackson, a forty-one-year-old man begins unraveling a secret his grandmother's generation carried for sixty years. Loose Here is a novel about what blood keeps and what silence costs.

Comparable Titles

For readers of Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing, Tayari Jones's An American Marriage, and Edward P. Jones's The Known World.

Key Facts

Title: Loose Here
Author: Elliott Oliver Williams
Author Note: Yes, you have to say the whole thing. Like A Tribe Called Quest.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Self-published / KDP + IngramSpark
Book Two: Pastor (forthcoming)

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Elliott Oliver Williams is available for virtual book club visits. Whether your group is reading Loose Here for its family saga elements, its faith community themes, or its exploration of DNA and identity — he would love to join your conversation.

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Available for literary festivals, church community events, genealogy and DNA conferences, and conversations about family memoir, generational secrets, and the ethics of telling other people's stories.

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