Days of Light
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Publishing:17th Apr '25
£18.99
This title is due to be published on 17th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . lyrical and captivating' -The Observer
'The characters stay with you in the best way' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater
From the author of The End We Start From, now a major film starring Jodie Comer, Days of Light is a sweeping, gorgeous story for fans of Mothering Sunday and The Hours.
She marvels at the way a single day can unravel everything, like ribbon pulled from a present.
Easter Sunday, 1938. Ivy is nineteen and ready for her life to finally begin. At Cressingdon, her sprawling, bohemian family and their friends gather for lunch and to await the arrival of a longed-for guest. Britain is on the cusp of war, but in the idyllic Sussex countryside anything feels possible.
It is a single, enchanted afternoon that ends in tragedy and will change Ivy’s life forever.
Chronicling six pivotal days across six decades, Days of Light moves through the Second World War and the twentieth century on a radiant journey through a life lived in pursuit of love and in search of an answer.
Praise for The End We Start From:
'Utterly brilliant . . . it's perfect' - Nathan Filer
'Megan Hunter is a writer of unnerving power' - Evie Wyld
'Extraordinary' - Financial Times
'Engrossing, compelling and hopeful' - Naomi Alderman
There’s warmth and depth in Hunter’s well-wrought prose. The characters stay with you in the best way -- Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater
Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . This is a lyrical and captivating book, dropping decade by decade into a single day in the life of the brilliant, headstrong Ivy * The Observer *
Days of Light is elegant and piercing: the story of a life in six days, with all the epicness and intimacy that a premise like that holds. Hunter depicts Ivy's longing and anguish with painterly precision. -- Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark
Both transcendent and stylish. A classy gem of a novel steeped in rapturous feeling and the cumulative awe and pain of a life deeply lived. -- Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti
ISBN: 9781529010183
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages