The Light That Remains - Jennifer E. Archer

The Light We Left Behind

In their final year of high school, Fiona and Nick meet in a room no one wants to be in: a grief support group. She lost her mother, a photographer on a military mission; he lost his in a plane crash that continues to haunt him. Between caustic jokes, rides after meetings, and silences that only the other can understand, they become inseparable.

Nick is the only place Fiona can breathe. She is the only person who keeps him from getting lost. But, in that summer between the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood, the friendship that saved them begins to transform into something more intimate, more dangerous, and impossible to ignore.

As they embark on a journey together, they will have to confront the truth about what unites them: when someone saves us from pain, how do we know if it's love or just the desperate need not to drown alone? Narrated in two voices, The Light We Left Behind is a contemporary novel about grief, friendship, and desire, with mordant humor and luminous delicacy. A story about two people who discover that love can be the most dangerous, and most beautiful, way to return to life.

Work Details

• Author: Jennifer E. Archer
• Publisher: Singular
• Category: Literature
• Number of pages: 268
• Cover: Paperback