We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

*"A treasure of a novel...read it and be healed." --Justin Cronin * "Beautifully written and emotion-packed." --Harlan Coben *

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook--made into the Academy Award-winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper--a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town.

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 importantly, themselves.

From Matthew Quick, whose work has been described by the Boston Herald as "like going to your favorite restaurant. You just know it is going to be good," We Are the Light is "a testament to the broken and the rebuilt" (Booklist, starred review). The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this unforgettable and optimistic tale, Quick reminds us that life is full of guardian angels.

Matthew Quick is the author of many New York Times best-selling novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning picture, and The Good Luck of Right Now. He has been honored with a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention for his writing, which has been translated into thirty languages. Goddard College awarded him an MA in creative writing. Before returning to Philadelphia and starting to write full-time, he floated down the Peruvian Amazon, backpacked around southern Africa, and walked to the bottom of a frozen Grand Canyon.

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ISBN 13	9781668005422
ISBN 10	1668005425
Title	We Are the Light
Author	Matthew Quick
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2022-11-01
Number of pages	256
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