What Cheer wins the Silver Award in Foreword Reviews 2010 Book of the Year Awards
Check out the real-life sequel to this novel: Native Soulmate
Part romantic comedy, part whodunit, part great American road trip, What Cheer asks a lover’s ageless questions: where, when, and with whom? Here’s a celebration of love sprung from perfectly surreal yet real places—What Cheer, Lost Nation, Story County. Here’s a comedy of errors featuring three not-yet-over-the-hill friends, a series of dreamy love letters, and a mysterious list of warm, nearly-gone touchstones that inspire a rollicking ride through the Heartland. What Cheer is love medicine for those whose daisy chains reach the sweetest, most far-flung places.
“Zachary Michael Jack joins new and old in this clever, endlessly inventive mystery and love story…a blend of experience and innocence, ingenuity and earnestness—and hope.”
–Barbara Lounsberry, author, Time and Chance
“For all of us who have ever pinned dreams to a particular place, Zachary Michael Jack’s What Cheer isn’t just a love story, it’s a spiritual fulfillment.” –Adrienne P. Lamberti, author, Talk the Talk
“A celebration of midwestern values at their loving best!” –Lynne Carey, Ames Public Library