Super Short Summary

Children of Light by Robert Stone follows screenwriter and cocaine user Gordon Walker as he travels to Baja to reconnect with Lu Anne Bourgeois, an actor dealing with her own mental health struggles while tackling a difficult role in a film adaptation of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. As both grapple with their personal demons, their lives spiral out of control, resulting in tragic consequences. The novel includes themes of substance abuse, mental health challenges, and suicide.