A Gathering Light: 21 Great Bloomsbury Reads for the 21st Century
No. of pages 416
Published: 2007
Reviews
Great for age 12-18 years
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Based on a real murder at the turn of the century, this outstanding debut novel is a powerful and moving coming-of-age book. Mattie is torn between her familial responsibilities, her desire to be a writer, and the excitement of a first romance. Her dilemmas and choices are reflected in the life of a young woman found drowned in a lake, a woman that Mattie only gets to know through reading her letters. When finally the tales of Mattie and the drowned girl merge, their stories beautifully combine in a brilliant and perfect conclusion.
There are 416 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .
Jennifer Donnelly lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first novel and marks the beginning of an incredibly assured and confident literary voice.