{"id":22476,"date":"2014-10-13T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2014-10-08T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:32:26","slug":"a-sudden-light-by-garth-stein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/a-sudden-light-by-garth-stein\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sudden Light by Garth Stein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1079112\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22477\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/a-sudden-light.jpg?resize=268%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a sudden light\" width=\"268\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/a-sudden-light.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/a-sudden-light.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant whole trees and is set on a huge estate overlooking Seattle&#8217;s Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s bankrupt parents have begun a trial separation, and his father, Jones Riddell, has brought Trevor to Riddell House with a goal: to join forces with his sister, Serena, dispatch the ailing and elderly Grandpa Samuel to a nursing home, sell off the house and property for development, divide up the profits, and live happily ever after. But as Trevor explores the house&#8217;s secret stairways and hidden rooms, he discovers a spirit lingering in Riddell House whose agenda is at odds with the family plan. Only Trevor&#8217;s willingness to face the dark past of his forefathers will reveal the key to his family&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Spellbinding and atmospheric,<a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1079112\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong> A Sudden Light<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is rich with unconventional characters, scenes of transcendent natural beauty, and unforgettable moments of emotional truth that reflect Garth Stein&#8217;s outsized capacity for empathy and keen understanding of human motivation &#8211; a triumphant work of a master storyteller at the height of his power.<em> (description from publisher)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant whole trees and is set on a huge estate overlooking Seattle&#8217;s Puget Sound. Trevor&#8217;s bankrupt parents have begun<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/a-sudden-light-by-garth-stein\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2722,2724,2723],"class_list":["post-22476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-family-history","tag-past-secrets","tag-puget-sound"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-5Qw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22478,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions\/22478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}