"Everyone Deserves a Home" Receives the Literary Titan Book Award, Celebrating a Powerful Story of Identity and Survival
Everyone Deserves a Home, the sweeping historical fiction novel by Baer Charlton, has been honored with the Literary Titan Book Award, recognizing the book’s emotionally resonant storytelling and its vivid exploration of race, identity, and the meaning of belonging across generations.
Set in 1905 New Orleans, the novel introduces Dr. Walter Humphrey, a man of mixed race who must protect a life-altering secret: he is passing for white in order to survive. Alongside his lifelong companion Leatha and a young woman named Betsy, Walter helps build an unconventional household rooted in loyalty, care, and determination. Together, they raise their brilliant daughter, Hannah Maria Rose Murphy, whose journey becomes the heart of the story.
Hannah’s path as a surgeon takes her from the segregated American South to war-torn London, where she confronts the weight of legacy, identity, and the emotions that follow truths long kept hidden. Spanning a century, Everyone Deserves a Home carries a family’s secret across the American South, World War II London, and modern Seattle, weaving love, resilience, and chosen family into a gripping, character-driven narrative.
In its review, Literary Titan praises the novel for its intimate, memoir-like rhythm and its ability to let relationships carry the deepest themes. The review highlights how the story explores passing, racial identity, and survival through lived-in detail and human moments rather than lectures, ultimately delivering a warm emotional center anchored in the home this family creates together. The review concludes that the title becomes not just a statement, but a philosophy the book continually proves, recommending it to readers who love character-driven historical fiction, stories of identity and chosen family, and novels rich with emotional honesty and texture.
Everyone Deserves a Home is available now. Readers can purchase the book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble through their preferred format and retailer listings.
About the Author
Baer Charlton is a multiple-award-winning and best-selling author whose work is driven by deep character study and the complexity of human experience. Trained as a social anthropologist, Charlton has spent years traveling the world as a photojournalist and speaker, delivering talks on five continents and lecturing at sea. His lifelong passion for exploration, including sailing and international assignments, has shaped a storytelling style that is both global in scope and intimate in emotion. Known for creating characters that feel like friends and family, Charlton writes fiction rooted in resilience, belonging, and the unforgettable stories found inside everyday lives.
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