The Keepers of the House

A “beautifully written” Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about prejudice and a distinguished family’s secrets in the American South ( The Atlantic Monthly ). Seven generations of the Howland family have lived in the Alabama plantation home built by an ancestor who fought for Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Over the course of a century, the Howlands accumulated a fortune, fought for secession, and helped rebuild the South, establishing themselves as one of the most respected families in the state.