Survival has become a lifestyle, and technology is a thing of the past as the Branning family learns that the power outage is worldwide. Everyone is desperate. When two young thieves break into the Brannings' home and clean out the food in their pantry, Jeff Branning tracks them to a filthy apartme
House lights: a novel: Novel
β Scribed by Leah Hager Cohen
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton Company
- Year
- 2009;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice mails a letter on the sly, sparking events that will change her life forever. Just as she makes this contact with her grandmother, a legendary actress long estranged from Bea's mother, Bea, who dreams of her own life on the stage, is confronted by a home life torn asunder. "Tantalizing in it's evocation of emotional fragility and piercing in its interpretation of subconscious desires" (Booklist),House Lightsilluminates the corrosive power of family secrets and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.
β¦ Subjects
Literary Fiction
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