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Illumination Night

Alice Hoffman
3.6
(84)
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Duration
7h 48m
Year
2015
Language
English
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing

About

Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha's Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion. Illumination Night follows the lives of a young blond giant who is as beautiful as he is frightening; an old woman at the end of her life whose last mission is to save her granddaughter's soul; a family torn apart by a wife's fears and a husband's unrealized desires; and the high school girl who comes to Martha's Vineyard against her will, who steals husbands and cars, and who will bring everyone together in a web of yearning, sin, and ultimate redemption. Both riveting and reflective, this is a story that brings to light the talent that has made Alice Hoffman an acclaimed bestselling author.

Related Subjects

  • Sagas
  • Adult Fiction
  • Literary
  • Women
  • General (Adult Fiction)
  • General (Family Life)
  • Family Life

Reviews

"With an eye for household details and respect for daily events, Hoffman unleashes the mythic forcefulness of ordinary life in this polished story of love and loneliness set on the island of Martha's Vineyard."
Publishers Weekly
"Alice Hoffman hits bulls-eyes on the incomprehension between the young and the old, of the magic and pain of ordinary life. She is erotic and romantic…funny…clever and humane."
Times (London)

Artists

Alice HoffmanAuthor
Suzanne TorenReader

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