{"product_id":"9781399707497","title":"And Now the Light is Everywhere : A stunning debut novel of family secrets and redemption","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): MacRae, L.A. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/03\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 480 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781399707497,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A vivid, involving and beautifully written story.' JOSEPH O'CONNOR'A book that draws you in and holds you till the very end' ANNE GRIFFIN'Sensitive and accurate . . . A page turner' JAMES ROBERTSON'An eloquent novel . . . I was captivated' MARGOT LIVESEYFor fans of Ann Patchett, Maggie O'Farrell and Louise Kennedy comes And Now the Light is Everywhere: a breath-taking mystery and a soaring, beautifully written examination  of love in all its guises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e******Where does a story end and the truth begin?Argyll, 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories run deep in the MacArthur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily, passed from generation to generation. Tales not just of selkies and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echangelings, but of the lives and deaths of the family themselves. Anna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacArthur has heard how her beautiful grandmother Netta boarded a ship for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada after the war, leaving behind her young son Donnie, and was never seen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagain.  Now, fifty years after her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisappearance, Anna accidentally pulls a loose thread in the story of Netta's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efate, causing the tale of her vanishing to unravel completely. As Anna pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etogether a far more disquieting version of events, she is also forced to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexamine her own memories of her father Donnie's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the truth is sometimes bent and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eburied for a reason. And bringing to light what some have concealed for years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emay not be free of consequences . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Classic story-telling bathed in a generous light . . . it moves so confidently between lives and epochs it easy not to realise at first how cleverly it's put together, how effectively the different stories intersect and echo. It's poignant and funny, and marks Lucy out as an exciting and ambitious writer of real talent.' ANDREW MILLER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55025573429621,"sku":"9781399707497","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781399707497_0feeded8-c92b-4532-bd3f-860ba96f5500.jpg?v=1759663330","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781399707497","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}