Terah Shelton Harris: Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series

Fri Feb 20 2026 at 11:30 am to 01:00 pm UTC-05:00

Newnan Carnegie Library | Newnan

The Carnegie Library
Publisher/HostThe Carnegie Library
Terah Shelton Harris: Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series
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Bestselling author returns to Newnan
About this Event

The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to welcome bestselling author Terah Shelton Harris back to Newnan to discuss her new book, Where the Wildflowers Grow. This book is a poignant story of survival and redemption, asking readers to question what it means to stop surviving and start living.

Books will be available for purchase by Bookmiser. The book talk will be followed by a book signing. Registration is required on Eventbrite.


About book:

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.
Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to Pr*son careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives.
While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn't expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Especially Jackson, the farm's owner, who sees through Leigh's defenses, offers her small moments of tenderness, encourages her to face her own tragedies. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. Maybe she's not beyond redemption, not too broken for something good. And maybe, just maybe, Leigh starts to heal.
But the past isn't so easily buried.
No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, threatening everything she's come to love, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.

About Author:

TERAH SHELTON HARRIS is an author and former librarian, who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. She is the author of One Summer in Savannah and Long After We Are Gone. Her books have been chosen as a Target Book Club pick, LibraryReads pick, Kobo Best Book, Together We Read pick, Publisherโ€™s Marketplace Buzz Book, and a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Debut. Terah was also named Targetโ€™s first Author of the Year.

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Newnan Carnegie Library, 1 Lagrange Street, Newnan, United States

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