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 Author Name: Terry Kay
Title: THE VALLEY OF LIGHT: A NOVEL
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
ISBN Number: 074347595X / 9780743475952
Seller ID: 1136555
In the latest spellbinder by the revered author of "To Dance with a White Dog" , a gifted fisherman wanders into a small Southern town - & hooks much more than he bargained for. 6x8 inches, 256 pgs.
'A lyrical & beautifully written novel reminiscent of A River Runs Through It. A quiet, simple man & a war veteran, Noah has a mystical gift for fishing, yet he remains haunted by the war.
Award-winner Terry Kay is a Southern storyteller in the finest tradition, a novelist whose quiet power has earned him comparisons to the likes of Pat Conroy and John Steinbeck. The Valley of Light takes his distinctive voice to a new level of grace, blending magic and realism into one man's journey back to himself.
In the years just after World War II, Noah Locke makes his way north from Georgia, doing odd jobs & fishing. It's a peaceful life, interrupted only by his tortured memories of liberating a concentration camp as a soldier. In a north Carolina valley bordered by lakes, he finds the sleepy little burg of Bowerstown, whose residents take an interest in him and ask him to stay--at least until the annual fishing contest. The locals are looking for someone to take the six-time champion Littleberry Davis down a peg. Taking a room from a woman whose hsuband died mysteriously after returning from the war, Noah settles in and finds himself drawn into the secrets of the townspeople. But the bonds they forge cannot prepare them for what's coming: a miracle that surprise everyone except Noah, and that offers him the sign he needs to find his way home at last.
On a sunny summer day in 1948, Noah Locke arrives in Bowerstown, a small North Carolina community bordered by lakes and set deep in The Valley of Light. A quiet, simple man and a war veteran, Noah has a mystical gift for fishing, yet he remains haunted by the war and by the terrible scenes he witnessed when his infantry unit liberated Dachau.
In the valley, Noah is initially treated with amusement by the locals he meets at the general store until he begins fishing. Once they see his almost magical skills, however, he becomes the talk of the valley and is urged to stay long enough to participate in the annual school fishing contest. And in the way that innocence creates powerful events, Noah meets Eleanor Cunningham, a young widow whose husband supposedly killed himself after returning home from the war. Over the course of a week, Noah will be led into the secret lives of the residents of the Valley of Light, join with them as they mourn a tragedy, and experience a miracle that will guide him home at last.
Luminous, memorable, and deeply moving, The Valley of Light is the finest work to date from a brilliant storyteller.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"A glowing work of art that will linger in your mind long after you've read the last page."
--John Miller, author of Coyote Moon
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Terry Kay was a sports writer and a celebrated film critic before becoming one of the South's foremost authors. Kay's novels include Taking Lottie Home, The Runaway, Shadow Song, and the now classic To Dance With the White Dog. He is a two-time nominee for the American Booksellers' Book of the Year Award and winner of the Southeastern Booksellers' Book of the Year Award. He lives in Athens, Georgia.
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