A Sudden Light - Hardcover

"Wow! I devoured "A Sudden Light", a grand, gorgeous, multi-generational epic of the Pacific Northwest. Garth Stein has given us another singular, soulful, and wise narrator for the ages, who tells us a story full of mystery and yearning. I adored this book."--Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

"This magnificent and haunting ghost story will pull you into its world and hold you captive, awe you with the enduring power and beauty of nature, and, on every page, fill you with amazement at Stein's infinite compassion for the human condition.... A major achievement by a major American writer."--Robert Goolrick, author of A Reliable Wife and Heading Out to Wonderful

"Take equal parts mystery, lyrical magic, and a healthy dose of natural wonder, add a multi-generational family struggling with the ghosts of the past, literally and figuratively, and you have A Sudden Light--a beautiful, deeply thought-provoking story that is impossible to put down."--Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Garth Stein is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, published in thirty-five languages. He is also the author of two previous novels, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets and Raven Stole the Moon. He lives in Seattle with his family.