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by Effie Gray (Author)
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  • Paperback: 120 pages
  • Publisher: Roastbooks Ltd (Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906894000
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906894009
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,174,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful on so many levels, 27 Jun 2009
Selling Light is slim, small, textured, with flaps, utterly pleasing to the eye and to the touch. The back lists ingredients and a blurb, being both fresh and quirky.

The story revolves around a lighthouse, a grieving man and a young research student. Briege is a loner, preferring the company of the friends that she finds in rock pools. She listens and is able to pick the perfect name for each rock pool creature that she meets, as if they are `whispering' to her. She draws them, she befriends them, she captures their essence. Then Briege meets George, the man who is living in the next caravan to her. She is intrigued, he is consumed by grief and "during their short meeting, she had been unable to meet him at all". Beautiful.

Shortly, the connection between them flickers. He thinks that the crabs that she draws are the luckiest creatures in the world. He envies their shells and around her George begins to forget his sorrows. (There is the briefest of moments, when I thought that they would possibly begin to trust). Then, Peter Cooper arrives. A city boy who lacks both light and soul. He is convinced that the `world is his whore'. He has bought a person's life and that life's lighthouse from an online advert, costing a mere £19,000. He enters the story with noise and disturbs the light...

The shifts in perspective, moving from character to character, often give a disjointed feel to the story, yet they are controlled and cleverly manage to slot characters back into place. This is an accessible read, with crafted characters who explore loss, loneliness, difference and hope.

Selling Light contains a strong female lead, superhero analogy and lighthouses, three of the things I like best in the world. This quirky, fresh, lyrical story was always going to be a winner with me.

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