Broken Light
The explosive and unforgettable novel from the million copy bestselling author
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4.1 • 43 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
A bold and timely novel from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older - and what happens when they decide to take back control...
Have you ever felt invisible?
Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going through the menopause, she's fading, fast. Heartbroken and hormonal, she often feels like she's losing her mind.
But when a young woman is murdered in a local park, it sparks a series of childhood memories in Bernie and with them, a talent that has lain dormant most of her adult life.
She promised herself she'd never think of it again. When she was a teenager, it almost destroyed her. But now she's older, could it be the power she's been missing?
Could it be the chance to, finally, make them look?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This incendiary, brilliantly plotted thriller from Harris (Chocolat) centers on 48-year-old Bernie Ingram's midlife crisis. As a child, when "magic was as easy as maths," Bernie honed a supernatural ability to see into the minds of others. Now, facing menopause, she's been reduced to a minor player in her own life: she's estranged from her moody husband and her 30-year-old son, and she has no close friends. The brutal murder of a jogger and the public's response to it (that the woman shouldn't have been out at night and alone) unleashes Bernie's long-simmering rage and rekindles the magic she's lost in adulthood. Kicking the knotty plot into high gear, she embarks on a journey to "over-write Old Bernie and to make of myself something different," with potentially deadly results. Excerpts from Bernie's diary alternate with sections from The Class of '92, a book written by her childhood friend, Kate Hemsworth, which shines gradual light on the scope of Bernie's traumas and abilities. Bernie's and Kate's vibrant voices will keep readers mesmerized right through to the glorious, explosive finale. This is a one-of-a-kind triumph.
