Synopses & Reviews
Light of Day is a powerful and illuminating novel about love, loss, and the unforeseeable darkness that lurks around the corners of everyday life.
Respected professor Jack Owens brought his son, Danny, to Gilbert, Indiana, to escape a betrayal too painful to endure anywhere but in this quiet midwestern college town. After ten years, Jack believed they were safe. But on a seemingly ordinary day, the world Jack thought he knew and the future he anticipated abruptly come apart at the seams, leaving him haunted by the questions: Why? and What next? Redemption, however, could come with the arrival of an unexpected friend whose prescient understanding slowly helps Jack cope with the unacceptable. But with healing comes clarity—and secrets best left unrevealed by the stark, glaring light of day.
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“Sauls first novel is a powerful look at memory, family, and unexpected tragedy . . . recommended.” Library Journal
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“An intellectual thriller laced with subtle clues throughout its gracious prose.” Chicago Tribune Books
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“From its poignant opening chapter to its breathtaking conclusion, nothing about this writer or book is less than extraordinary.” Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Breakdown Lane
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“Like an arrow to the heart, Jamie Sauls page-turner novel sears through the psyche to hit bedrock.” Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Four Spirits
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“A moving and elegant novel that lingers with the reader long after the last page is turned.” Bookreporter.com
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“An emotional novel about a man whose future has been altered by an unthinkable tragedy.” Denver Post
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“A heartfelt examination of one mans grief with a dark and intriguing mystery pulsating beneath the surface.” John Searles, author of Strange But True and Boy Still Missing
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“LIGHT OF DAY is a haunting, beautifully-written and heart-wrenching debut.” Harlan Coben, New York Times-bestselling author of Just One Look
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“Quietly affecting…a debut with enormous depth of characterization and sympathy.” Kirkus Reviews
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“A gripping tour de force that leaves us stunned and breathless” Orlando Sentinel
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“Heartbreaking and well-written.” Winston-Salem Journal
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“Exhilarating. . . .One of those debut novels that delivers the goods with style and compassion.” Washington Post Book World
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“One of the most satisfying and poignant novels readers will come across this year.” Anniston Star
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“Powerful . . . [An] intense first achievement . . .difficult to put down” Indianapolis Star
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“A gripping, emotionally charged tale” Publishers Weekly
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“A powerful first novel.” Indianapolis Star
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An exhilarating emotional roller-coaster ride. Washington Post
Haunting, beautifully-written, and heart-wrenching. Harlan Coben
With his shattering, extraordinarily affecting debut novel, Light of Day, author Jamie M. Saul made a powerful, incontrovertible statement: a major American writer had arrived on the literary scene. The author of The First Warm Evening of the Year, Saul mesmerizes with the unforgettable story of a small-town Midwestern professor struggling to come to terms with a devastating tragedy and the strange and terrible mystery at its core."
Synopsis
"An exhilarating emotional roller-coaster ride."
--Washington Post
"Haunting, beautifully-written, and heart-wrenching."
--Harlan Coben
With his shattering, extraordinarily affecting debut novel, Light of Day, author Jamie M. Saul made a powerful, incontrovertible statement: a major American writer had arrived on the literary scene. The author of The First Warm Evening of the Year, Saul mesmerizes with the unforgettable story of a small-town Midwestern professor struggling to come to terms with a devastating tragedy and the strange and terrible mystery at its core.
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“An exhilarating emotional roller-coaster ride.”
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Washington Post“Haunting, beautifully-written, and heart-wrenching.”
—Harlan Coben
With his shattering, extraordinarily affecting debut novel, Light of Day, author Jamie M. Saul made a powerful, incontrovertible statement: a major American writer had arrived on the literary scene. The author of The First Warm Evening of the Year, Saul mesmerizes with the unforgettable story of a small-town Midwestern professor struggling to come to terms with a devastating tragedy and the strange and terrible mystery at its core.
About the Author
Jamie M. Saul was born and raised in New York City. He has written for various magazines, including People and Playboy. A two-time guest professor at Yale University, he was the recipient of the Poynter Fellowship. He is the author of the novel Light of Day. He divides his time between New York City and a small town in the Hudson Valley.