Publication Date: May 13, 2025
A writer at Dateline NBC tries her hand at a different kind of mystery, perfect for fans of Chandler Baker’s Whisper Network, where a cynical TV news producer sells out her principles to rise to her network’s top job, and comes face-to-face with what appears to be her idealistic teenage self.
Everleigh Page is on the cusp of greatness. Executive producer of an award-winning primetime news magazine, she’s just been offered a role never attained by a woman at her network: president of the news division. It will be her job to shape coverage of world events and mold the journalists of tomorrow.
Too bad in order to get here she’s sold out most of the principles she held as an idealistic young reporter. Too bad she’s just, at the direction of her boss, fired two of her best staffers and killed an important investigative story that could save lives. As a woman, she knows, you have to play ball to get to the top. Even if it means bending your moral code or breaking up with your boyfriend. Sean may be the love of her life, but his large, complicated family has started taking up too much of her time.
Her younger self wouldn’t recognize her. Or will she?
When a college reunion takes a mystical twist, Everleigh finds herself defending her choices to the toughest critic in the world and confronting a crucial question: can she possibly right all the wrongs she was willing to tolerate just an hour ago?
Broadcast journalism tends to be a brutal career, something Everleigh Page knows all too well. A college reunion offers an unusual opportunity for retrospection.
Author Lorna Graham delivers a contemporary novel with a twist of magic in Where You Once Belonged. Everleigh’s rise to the top has forced her to make painful decisions that are out of line with her principles.
The author uses the past/present approach to illustrate events throughout Everleigh’s life. Through an interesting twist, she encounters her younger self. As the two talk, Everleigh encounters the one person who understands the value of principles and integrity—a young Leigh.
For readers who have ever wanted to explore “do-overs” in their lives, this story illustrates the challenges, especially when the list of course corrections is high.
Where You Once Belonged details a woman’s quest for answers, packaged into a fascinating storyline full of twists.
Lorna Graham is the author of The Ghost of Greenwich Village (Random House/Ballantine) and is a writer at Dateline NBC. She has written numerous documentaries, including Auschwitz, produced by Steven Spielberg and narrated by Meryl Streep, which competed at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Across numerous films, PSAs, and speeches, she’s written for Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, and Morgan Freeman. She graduated from Barnard College and lives in Greenwich Village.
