Returns and Exchanges

I’ve been yearning for a next novel from Kayla Rae Whittaker for nearly a decade!! Her debut novel, The Animators, blew my mind and broke my heart back in 2017. Returns and Exhanges - a family business saga chronicling the rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Baker-Taylor chain of general stores - did not disappoint & is the leading contender for my favorite book of 2026.