We Are The Light
by Matthew Quick
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Blurb
LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS.
Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero—everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas’s backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most important, themselves.
From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, We Are the Light is an unforgettable novel about the quicksand of grief and the daily miracle of love. The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this tale that will stay with you long after the final page is turned, Quick reminds us that guardian angels are all around us—sometimes in the forms we least expect.
Expected Publication Date: November 1, 2022
We Are The Light is told through a series letters from a man to his Jungian analyst in the aftermath of a tragedy that shook their entire town. This story deals with grief, trauma, mental health and healing.
I loved Quick's book The Silver Linings Playbook and have wanted to read another of his books ever since. I love the way he puts his readers inside the troubled minds of his main characters. It feels like you're inside the characters mind, know they are suffering and it's going to get worse but you're just the reader so you have to sit back and let them experience everything. I love it when the author gives just a touch of predictability to emphasize tension and pain in a story. Like they give you enough information where you know something is going to be revealed for sure and then it is but it goes further than you imagined.
This book is so dramatic and tense. If you're looking for something emotional and raw I recommend giving this one a chance. I know I'm glad I did.
Review
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada and Matthew Quick for a review copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.We Are The Light is told through a series letters from a man to his Jungian analyst in the aftermath of a tragedy that shook their entire town. This story deals with grief, trauma, mental health and healing.
I loved Quick's book The Silver Linings Playbook and have wanted to read another of his books ever since. I love the way he puts his readers inside the troubled minds of his main characters. It feels like you're inside the characters mind, know they are suffering and it's going to get worse but you're just the reader so you have to sit back and let them experience everything. I love it when the author gives just a touch of predictability to emphasize tension and pain in a story. Like they give you enough information where you know something is going to be revealed for sure and then it is but it goes further than you imagined.
This book is so dramatic and tense. If you're looking for something emotional and raw I recommend giving this one a chance. I know I'm glad I did.
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