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Where the Light Gets In
- Author
- Zoe Coyle
- Narrator
- Zoe Coyle
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 April 2022
- Run Time
- 12 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘It’s time.’
Her mother Vivian’s terminal illness has reached its tipping point and she summons Delphi to Australia to help her euthanise. Unable to deny her mother’s suffering, or her promise to her of a good death, Delphi reluctantly returns to her mother for the last time.
This is a story of the ties of family that enmesh in love and death, and the journey back to self in its aftermath. As Delphi is blown onto the wasteland of grief and shame, she has to discover where her mother’s life ends and she begins amidst the atomic fallout her actions have unleashed.
Incandescent and extraordinary, Where the Light Gets In heralds the arrival of a powerful new voice in Australian fiction.
“Vivid, unforgettable and full of hard-won wisdom.” BRIGID DELANEY
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Details
- Author
- Zoe Coyle
- Narrator
- Zoe Coyle
- Duration
- 12 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781004087839
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Delphi Hoffman, a wildchild living in London, is finally getting her life together with a new love affair and the offer of a coveted job – until she receives the phone call she hoped would never arrive. ‘It’s time.’Her mother Vivian’s terminal illness has reached its tipping point and she summons Delphi to Australia to help her euthanise. Unable to deny her mother’s suffering, or her promise to her of a good death, Delphi reluctantly returns to her mother for the last time.This is a story of the ties of family that enmesh in love and death, and the journey back to self in its aftermath. As Delphi is blown onto the wasteland of grief and shame, she has to discover where her mother’s life ends and she begins amidst the atomic fallout her actions have unleashed.Incandescent and extraordinary, Where the Light Gets In heralds the arrival of a powerful new voice in Australian fiction.“Vivid, unforgettable and full of hard-won wisdom.” BRIGID DELANEY
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