Join Landmark Booksellers in Franklin, TN for a special book signing with author Tiffini Johnson, featuring her novel Whisperroot: A Hushwood Tale. The evening will include a reading, discussion, and book signing.
Set in the shadow of an ancient forest where girls go missing, Whisperroot is a dark, lyrical novel that blends folklore, mystery, and psychological depth. Through interwoven voices and haunting imagery, the story explores silence, survival, and the truths communities bury when listening feels too dangerous.
In the forgotten town of Myreska, where secrets are buried deeper than roots and silence is a way of survival, twelve girls have vanished. No one speaks their names. No one asks the questions that might crack the quiet open.
But the forest remembers.
When quiet, observant Zosia follows the tug of something ancient into the Hushwood, she finds more than frost and shadow beneath the trees. She finds the whisperroot—dark, pulsing, and alive with voices that should not be speaking. Voices of the lost. Voices of the silenced.
Her older sister Ainela, bright and burning with secrets of her own, is determined to protect Zosia from the truth. But the truth has begun to bloom beneath their feet. And the girls of Myreska—those who remain and those who are gone—are bound together in ways the town would rather forget.
Told in part by the town itself, Whisperroot is a haunting tapestry of folklore, memory, and girlhood carved in shadows. It is a story of sisters, of survival, and of what happens when the forest finally speaks.
Some things will not stay buried.
Some roots whisper back.
About the Author:
Tiffini Johnson is a novelist, writing coach, and workshop facilitator whose work centers on storytelling, resilience, and the power of being heard. She is the founder of the Storynlight Circle and the creator of Chapter Chats, an interactive book community focused on meaningful conversation and connection. Her writing blends lyrical prose with psychological insight, inviting readers into stories that linger long after the final page.
Final Acclaim:
Whisperroot has earned rare critical attention from The New York Review of Books, where its exploration of silence, memory, and resilience was highlighted for its emotional depth and storytelling power. The New York Review of Books names Tiffini as an “influential voice in literary world” and LeadrMag praises her ability to create inspirational spaces with words. Readers and critics alike have noted the novel’s haunting voice and its ability to stay with you long after the last page, calling her a masterful storyteller and arguing that her work is a shining example of art as redemption.
