Synopses & Reviews
Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice, who dreams of a life on the stage, is confronting a home life torn asunder. She mails a letter on the sly to her grandmother, a legendary actress long estranged from the family, sparking events that will change her life forever. Powerfully written and psychologically intricate, House Lightsilluminates the corrosive power of family secrets and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.
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Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice, who dreams of a life on the stage, is confronting a home life torn asunder. She mails a letter on the sly to her grandmother, a legendary actress long estranged from the family, sparking events that will change her life forever. Powerfully written and psychologically intricate, illuminates the corrosive power of family secrets and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.
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Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice mails a letter on the sly, sparking events that will change her life forever. Just as she makes this contact with her grandmother, a legendary actress long estranged from Bea's mother, Bea, who dreams of her own life on the stage, is confronted by a home life torn asunder. "Tantalizing in it's evocation of emotional fragility and piercing in its interpretation of subconscious desires" (Booklist), House Lights illuminates the corrosive power of family secrets and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.
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But just as she establishes a precarious foothold in her grandmother's world, Bea's elite Boston home life begins to crumble. Her beloved father is accused of sexual harassment by one of his graduate students; her usually serene, self-certain mother shows signs of fallibility. And Bea is falling in love with someone many would consider inappropriate. Powerfully written and psychologically complex, House Lights illuminates the corrosive power of family secrets, and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.
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Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice mails a letter on the sly, sparking events that will change her life forever. The addressee is her grandmother, a legendary stage actress long estranged from her daughter, Bea's mother. Though Bea wants to become an actress herself, it is the desire to understand the old family rift that drives her to work her way into her grandmother's graces.
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"Tantalizing ... captivating ... provocative."--
About the Author
Leah Hager Cohen has written seven books, including Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World, and the novels Heat Lightning and Heart, You Bully, You Punk. She lives with her three children in Belmont, Massachusetts.