Days of Light
17 April 2025Synopsis
'Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . lyrical and captivating' -The Observer
'Radiant, absorbing, sensual' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre
From the author of The End We Start From, now a major film starring Jodie Comer, Days of Light is a sweeping, gorgeous story for fans of Mothering Sunday and The Hours.
She marvels at the way a single day can unravel everything, like ribbon pulled from a present.
Easter Sunday, 1938. Ivy is nineteen and ready for her life to finally begin. At Cressingdon, her sprawling, bohemian family and their friends gather for lunch and to await the arrival of a longed-for guest. Britain is on the cusp of war, but in the idyllic Sussex countryside anything feels possible.
It is a single, enchanted afternoon that ends in tragedy and will change Ivy’s life forever. Days later, at a funeral, Ivy is kissed by the man she will marry, and grieves with the woman who will become the love of her life. And this is only the beginning . . .
Chronicling six pivotal days across six decades, Days of Light moves through the Second World War and the twentieth century on a radiant journey through a life lived in pursuit of love and in search of an answer. Taking creative inspiration from the Bloomsbury group, Megan Hunter's novel is a story of art, love and longing.
'The characters stay with you in the best way' - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater
Praise for The End We Start From:
'Utterly brilliant . . . it's perfect' - Nathan Filer
'Megan Hunter is a writer of unnerving power' - Evie Wyld
'Extraordinary' - Financial Times
'Engrossing, compelling and hopeful' - Naomi Alderman
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17 April 2025
9781529010183Reviews
There’s warmth and depth in Hunter’s well-wrought prose. The characters stay with you in the best waySarah Moss, author of Summerwater
A radiant, absorbing novel, intensely alive to the beauty and mystery of the everyday. Megan Hunter has written a thoughtful, sensual novel that, like the work of Graham Swift, shows us how the world can change in a moment and how our daily lives are run through with both the ordinary and the extraordinary.Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre
Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . This is a lyrical and captivating book, dropping decade by decade into a single day in the life of the brilliant, headstrong IvyThe Observer
Days of Light is sublime. Wielding tremendous emotional power, it is a novel that is both raw and reverent, attuned to the intricacies of loss, desire, hope and how to be in the world.Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites
