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Fiction Coming Of Age

The Rise of Light

A Novel

by (author) Olivia Hawker

Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Initial publish date
Aug 2021
Category
Coming of Age, Family Life, Historical
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781713608554
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $36.99
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781713608547
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $51.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781542017954
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $20.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781542022453
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

A powerful novel about the expectations of family—and the risks and liberation of defying them—by the Washington Post bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow.

1975. In the town of Rexburg, Idaho, aspiring artist Aran Rigby, his younger sister, Tamsin, and their two brothers are locked in orbit around their emotionally abusive father. Gad is the kind of man who soothes the failures of his own life by controlling the lives of others. But Aran and Tamsin are united in rebellion against their father. They understand each other. They have dreams beyond their small town.

Arriving in Rexburg is Linda Duff, an outsider from Seattle hoping to plant new roots far from the bitter ones of her childhood. She’s quickly taken with Aran, in no small part because of his talent. But when they fall in love, Linda is drawn into a family more damaged than the one she left behind. She also becomes privy to a secret Aran and Tamsin share that could dismantle everything everyone holds dear.

Upsetting the precarious balance in the Rigby home, Linda becomes an unwitting catalyst for the upheaval of Gad’s oppression. Now it’s time for them all to break free of the past, overcome the unforgivable, and find a new way forward—whatever the price.

About the author

Through unexpected characters and vivid prose, Olivia Hawker explores the varied landscape of the human spirit. Olivia’s interest in genealogy often informs her writing: her two novels, The Ragged Edge of Night and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, are based on true stories found within her own family tree. She lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, where she homesteads at Longlight, a one-acre microfarm dedicated to sustainable permaculture practices. For more information, visit www.hawkerbooks.com/olivia.

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