We Are All Welcome Here: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg

Set in Tupelo, Mississippi during the summer of 1964, Elizabeth Berg's novel We Are All Welcome Here centers on three women — the quadriplegic Paige Dunn, her teenage daughter Diana, and their no-nonsense Black caregiver Peacie — each fighting for her own version of freedom against the twin backdrops of the civil rights movement and deeply personal adversity. A New York Times bestselling author whose work has been published in thirty-one countries, Berg brings her characteristic empathy to a story that is both intimate and historically grounded. Kirkus Reviews assessed it as a "feathery feel-good story about triumph over adversity," noting that while the novel's components are compelling, it falls short of full emotional resonance in places — a tension between warmth and weight that readers should weigh before picking it up.

Reviewed Apr 2, 2026