{"product_id":"days-of-light-hardcover","title":"Days of Light - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A radiant, absorbing novel, intensely alive to the beauty and mystery of the everyday.\"--Joanna Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End We Start From, \u003c\/i\u003enow a major film starring Jodie Comer, and taking inspiration from the influential artists and intellectuals of the Bloomsbury Group, \u003ci\u003eDays of Light \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping, sensual historical novel of art, desire, and faith set against the backdrop of a changing England\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEaster Sunday, 1938. Ivy is nineteen and ready for her life to finally begin. Her sprawling, bohemian family and their friends gather in the idyllic English countryside for lunch, arranging themselves around well-worn roles. They trade political views and artistic arguments as they impatiently await the arrival and first sight of Frances, the new beau of Ivy's beloved older brother, Joseph. In this auspicious atmosphere of springtime, Ivy's world feels on the cusp of something grand-but neither she nor those closest to her predicts how a single, enchanted evening and an unexpected tragedy will alter the rest of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radiant, philosophical, and intimate journey through time, \u003ci\u003eDays of Light\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles six pivotal days across six decades to tell the story of Ivy's pursuit of answers--to the events of this fateful Easter Sunday and to the shifting desires of her own heart. Moving through the Second World War up to the close of the 20th century, Hunter captures the galvanic love and transformative moments that define a winding, beautiful life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Hunter \u003c\/b\u003eis a prizewinning novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe End We Start From\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Books Are My Bag Awards, longlisted for the Aspen Words Prize, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Awards finalist and won the Foreword Reviews Editor's Choice Award. It was adapted into a major motion picture by Alice Birch, starring Jodie Comer and directed by Mahalia Belo. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Harpy\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), was Indie Book of the Month; she is currently adapting it for television with Red Planet Pictures. In 2024 her dramatic monologue \u003ci\u003eSalt of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at Venice Film Festival. Megan's other writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Cambridge, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378871693414,"sku":"9780802164773","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iVWBIJiUl9780802164773.webp?v=1768912524","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/days-of-light-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}