Super Short Summary

Set in Seattle's Puget Sound region, American author Garth Stein’s novel A Sudden Light tells the story of the Riddell family as seen through the lens of 14-year-old Trevor Riddell, who arrives at the ancestral estate to find a legacy of secrets and the ghosts of a past that continue to haunt the land. It gradually becomes Trevor's job to lead his family on the rocky path to redemption.