What people are saying about Whereabouts
“Quite a ride! With clear, bright prose, and an absolutely brilliant ear for dialogue, Gould gives us a young woman's travels and her hardscrabble journey into the woman she can become. He makes me care about these people, makes me laugh and gasp, makes me think about her story long after I've put down the book. This writer is a true storyteller.”
Elizabeth Cox, author of A Question of Mercy
“Whereabouts is a love letter to the wanderers and lost souls, a tragicomic tale of yearning and adventure that reminds us there are sometimes only two directions in life, away and toward.”
J.C. Sasser, author of Gradle Bird
“Scott Gould has created the ideal, road-novel hero in Missy Belue, a character who strikes the balance of being self-assured, but with eyes newly open. We run away with her at full speed, and with full hearts, riding shotgun as she explores the limits of her Southern homeplace, her family, and herself. From truck bed to Cadillac, Whereabouts asks us to question where we come from, learn from where we wind up, and reckon with the ride in between.”
Odie Lindsey, author of Some Go Home
“Missy Belue is trying to find something that feels like family connection, and in this case that means taking a road trip to no place in particular. Whereabouts is funny, absorbing, and affecting, with the diaphanous feel of family myth, its characters so damaged and unique you can’t help but think of Flannery O’Connor.”
Julia Franks, author of Over the Plain Houses
“Scott Gould is a well digger drilling into the South’s vast, deep fictional aquifer. Turning page after page of Gould’s novel Whereabouts, sweet water bubbles up in brilliant characters and sharp dialogue. But then sometimes, a hard sip of trouble seeps up. What else should we expect from such a masterful storyteller?”
John Lane, author of Whose Woods These Are
“Whereabouts is one of those stories that’s equal parts tender, entertaining, heartbreaking, quirky, and redemptive. And it is wholly satisfying. Scott Gould invites us into this poignant coming-of age story, full of vividly imagined characters. Protagonist Missy Belue’s complicated quest is a story that has stayed with me long after the last page. Gould has given us a beautiful Southern story.”