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Simon & Schuster
October 2014
On Sale: September 30, 2014
Featuring: Jones Riddell; Trevor Riddell; Serena
416 pages
ISBN: 1439187037
EAN: 9781439187036
Kindle: B00IWTWTO6
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The bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
presents a long-awaited new novel in which a boy trying to
save his parents’ marriage uncovers a vast legacy of
family
secrets. In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell
gets
his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils
of
a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is
constructed of giant whole trees and is set on a huge
estate
overlooking Seattle’s Puget Sound. Trevor’s bankrupt
parents
have begun a trial separation, and his father, Jones
Riddell, has brought Trevor to Riddell House with a goal:
to
join forces with his sister, Serena, dispatch the ailing
and
elderly Grandpa Samuel to a nursing home, sell off the
house
and property for development, divide up the profits, and
live happily ever after. But as Trevor explores the house’s secret stairways and
hidden rooms, he discovers a spirit lingering in Riddell
House whose agenda is at odds with the family plan. Only
Trevor’s willingness to face the dark past of his
forefathers will reveal the key to his family’s future. Spellbinding and atmospheric, A Sudden Light is rich with
unconventional characters, scenes of transcendent natural
beauty, and unforgettable moments of emotional truth that
reflect Garth Stein’s outsized capacity for empathy and
keen
understanding of human motivation—a triumphant work of a
master storyteller at the height of his power.
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