A locked room. A father undone by guilt. A mirror of erasure and survival.
A Season of Light cuts deep and warm all at once—Julie Iromuanya’s stunning debut pulls you into the Ewerike family’s fracture.
In Florida, Fidelis—the poet-lawyer and former POW—breaks when memories of lost girls in Nigeria resurface, and he confines his daughter Amara to her room. No explanation. No exit. Just his love twisted into fear.
Meanwhile, teenage siblings Chuk and Amara juggle grief, anger, and a spark of rebellion—especially when Amara meets Maksym, the town’s outcast. Together, they plot an escape from history’s cycles.
This book is about:
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🇳🇬 Nigerian immigrant trauma + generational grief
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❤️🩹 Love tangled in isolation
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🌊 Escape, reclamation, and chosen found family
📖 Condition: Gently used hardcover in very good shape—with clean pages, intact spine, and only minor shelf wear.
🫶 Put this on your shelf next to Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward and Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue—a slow-burn, emotionally raw story about broken families and fragile hope. 🧃📚
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