A Sudden Light: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

From Garth Stein, author of the beloved bestseller The Artwork of Racing in the Rain-now a significant motion picture!

The New York Times bestselling “witty, atmospheric” (People) story of the once powerful American family, and the purchase price that must definitely be paid with the heirs as they struggle for redemption: “A captivating page-turner” (Superstar Tribune, Minneapolis).

Twenty-three years after the fateful summer time of 1990, Trevor Riddell recalls the occasions surrounding his fourteenth birthday, when he gets his 1st in regards to a Sudden Light: A Book glimpse of the infamous Riddell House. Constructed from the spoils of an enormous timber fortune, the legendary family members mansion is made from giant whole trees and is set on an enormous estate looking over Seattle’s Puget Audio. Trevor’s bankrupt parents have separated, and his dad, Jones Riddell, has brought Trevor to Riddell Home with an objective: to become listed on causes with Aunt Serena, dispatch the ailing and older Grandpa Samuel to a nursing house, sell off the home and house for development, and divide up the profits.

But as young Trevor explores the house’s hidden stairways and forgotten areas, he discovers secrets that convince him the family plan may be at odds with the land’s true future. Only Trevor’s willingness to face the dark previous of his forefathers will reveal the main element to his family’s upcoming.

Spellbinding and atmospheric, AN ABRUPT Light is rich with vivid individuals, poetic scenes of natural beauty, and powerful moments of religious transcendence. “Garth Stein is certainly resourceful, cleverly piecing jointly the genealogy with dreams, overheard discussions, and reminiscences…a story well informed,” (The Seattle Times)-a triumphant work of a get good at storyteller at the height of his power.