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The Rise of Light

By: Olivia Hawker
Narrated by: Jackie Zebrowski
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Summary

A powerful novel about the expectations of family - and the risks and liberation of defying them - by the Washington Post bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow.

1975. In the town of Rexburg, Idaho, aspiring artist Aran Rigby, his younger sister, Tamsin, and their two brothers are locked in orbit around their emotionally abusive father. Gad is the kind of man who soothes the failures of his own life by controlling the lives of others. But Aran and Tamsin are united in rebellion against their father. They understand each other. They have dreams beyond their small town.

Arriving in Rexburg is Linda Duff, an outsider from Seattle hoping to plant new roots far from the bitter ones of her childhood. She’s quickly taken with Aran, in no small part because of his talent. But when they fall in love, Linda is drawn into a family more damaged than the one she left behind. She also becomes privy to a secret Aran and Tamsin share that could dismantle everything everyone holds dear.

Upsetting the precarious balance in the Rigby home, Linda becomes an unwitting catalyst for the upheaval of Gad’s oppression. Now it’s time for them all to break free of the past, overcome the unforgivable, and find a new way forward - whatever the price.

©2021 by Libbie Grant. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Intensely moving, highly recommended

Another absolutely fabulous story from Olivia Hawker. Beautifully narrated by Jackie Zebrowski once again. I must admit that I bought the book because of the author and the narrator, I wasn’t certain that the topic was going to engage me but I shouldn’t have worried, the characters were alive and I was completely immersed in the story. There was a time later on in there book when I thought the hurt would be too much to bear but nature intervenes and it is not as crushing as I thought it was going to be. I finished the book yesterday but cannot pick anything else up until I have fully worked through the feelings it left me with. I will miss the characters.

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