Jennifer Acker‘s debut book, The Limits of the World, was a fiction honoree for the Massachusetts Book Award, and her short stories, essays, translations, and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Daily, the Washington Post, Literary Hub, n+1, and The Yale Review, among other places. Now she’s back with another novel, publishing on April 14, 2026. Surrender follows a seasoned New York PR executive who returns to her family’s struggling Massachusetts farm, where she faces the collapse of her marriage, her husband’s failing health, and her own inexperience as a farmer. As she rediscovers love with a childhood friend, Lucy must navigate the tangled pressures of loyalty, loss, and the uncertain promise of starting over.
Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover designed by Abby Weintraub, along with a Q&A with Jennifer Acker about how the cover for Surrender was created.
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