So Long, Bobby

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Pub Date Feb 14 2023 | Archive Date Feb 26 2023

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"Aren't you tired of being told to smile, Bobbi?"

In 2018, a young woman - recovering from a horrific car accident and coming to terms with what it means to be disabled - is failing at managing a growing pain-pill addiction and holding down a job. When she stumbles upon an old box in the attic, full of 1960s memorabilia, She begins a frantic search to uncover the secrets of the box and find out where she came from, in the hopes that it will help her save her from herself.

Her search uncovers the story of Bobbi, a 1960s a teenage girl from Athens, Georgia, who dreams of meeting her hero, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Disillusioned by the Vietnam war, Bobbi joins up with a group of young activists who are headed to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Poor People's Campaign and Bobby Kennedy's bid for President.

Years later, in the 1990s, Bobbi’s daughter makes a rash decision to hop on a bus and head to Seattle to start a new life. Once there, she meets a cast of creative but disillusioned young people who become her chosen family. Set against the backdrop of the grunge music scene, she grapples with a newfound addiction and a secret shame.

So Long, Bobby is a story about strength under adversity, the scars, invisible and seen, that women often bear, and how the consequences of our actions can leave lasting impressions for generations to come. It is a story of female friendship, of mothers and daughters, of love and finding your way home again.


"Aren't you tired of being told to smile, Bobbi?"

In 2018, a young woman - recovering from a horrific car accident and coming to terms with what it means to be disabled - is failing at managing a...


A Note From the Publisher

TW; Substance abuse, generational trauma, and death.

TW; Substance abuse, generational trauma, and death.


Advance Praise

"Lillah Lawson has written a stunning elegy to America's past, its sins, and our constant drive to do better. SO LONG, BOBBY is a love letter not just to finding your home, but what it means to earn love, respect, and community. The secrets of the generational narrative unfold like a flower, pulling the reader in and making them a part of the family. A beautiful novel that never flinches from reality."

-Emily J. Edwards, author of the Girl Friday Mystery series


“So Long, Bobby is a powerful, sprawling novel that takes readers from the civil rights and antiwar protests of the 1960s to the Seattle grunge scene in the 1990s to the front lines of the opioid epidemic of today. Throughout it all, Lillah Lawson weaves an emotional, captivating story of mothers and daughters, the scars that are passed down through the generations, and the burning desire to live a life with meaning. Don't miss this one!"

-Alyssa Palombo, author of The Borgia Confessions”


"Lillah Lawson has written a stunning elegy to America's past, its sins, and our constant drive to do better. SO LONG, BOBBY is a love letter not just to finding your home, but what it means to earn...


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PAGES 554

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I enjoyed reading this, it had a great concept for a historical novel and it worked well in this universe. The characters worked well in the time-period and I was invested in what was happening to them. I enjoyed the way Lillah Lawson wrote this and am excited to read more from her.

"Caden made no reply but grabbed another fistful of Skittles from the nightstand. He’d eaten so many Skittles in the past few days, he told her, that he had a blister on his tongue. “I’m going to crawl right out of my fuckin’ skin if I don’t get out of this room, Kace,” he said, turning to her. “Isn’t there anywhere we can go?”

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