Broken Light

Paperback Published on: 28/03/2024
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Synopsis

A bold and timely novel from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older - and what happens when they decide to take back control.

Have you ever felt invisible? Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going through the menopause, she's fading, fast.

Heartbroken and hormonal, she often feels like she's losing her mind. But when a young woman is murdered in a local park, it sparks a series of childhood memories in Bernie and with them, a talent that has lain dormant most of her adult life.

She promised herself she'd never think of it again. When she was a teenager, it almost destroyed her. But now she's older, could it be the power she's been missing? Could it be the chance to, finally, make them look?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781398710849
  • Number of pages: 432
  • Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 298g
  • Languages: English

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Broken Light
Superb
4.5 rounded up ‘Little girl. Make them look’. As a child Bernie Moon is seen as different, strange and is an outsider. By 16, she’s transformed, they s... READ MORE
Celia Short
Broken Light
Beautifully written
This deserves 5 stars just for the beautiful prose; phrases that can be savoured and enjoyed just for their beauty and depth. This has always been Joanne ... READ MORE
Susan S
Broken Light
Intriguing and thought provoking
Whether it be through the magic of Vianne Rocher and her world of chocolate or the Machiavellian world of St Oswald’s school, Joanne Harris is a consummate... READ MORE
Stephen - The Bookworm
Broken Light
A brilliant read
A new Joanne Harris book is something I always get excited about, I have been a fan since reading Chocolat nearly twenty five years ago. Her new offering B... READ MORE
Juliet Butler
Broken Light
Ok. Enjoyed
As you’ve gotten older do you or have you tended to fade into the background, feel invisible.? Odd question….right? Bernie is fast approaching 50 years... READ MORE
ReadAlongWithSue
Broken Light
Beautifully written and thought provoking work of literary fiction with paranormal elements
“I know she was thinking about a night thirty years ago, when the same fairy lights hung from the trees, and the same music filtered through the open Frenc... READ MORE
Vivienne O'Regan
Broken Light
Utterly brilliant - fun and uplifting
Broken Light touches on so many important issues - the invisibility felt by menopausal women, the toxicity of social media, horrific bullying power of the ... READ MORE
KimG9
Broken Light
Broken Light by Joanne Harris
Broken Light by Joanne Harris is a strange and unexpected book by the author, which took me a while to read. I have now finished it and feel unexpectedly b... READ MORE
Christine Rennie
Broken Light
Unsettling, sly and mesmerising
Struggling with the menopause, Bernie Moon sees her life a wife and mother but not as a person. Then something odd happens, a skill she had as a child sud... READ MORE
Jo-anne Atkinson
Broken Light
'It starts as all these stories do. With blood'
Joanne Harris’s latest novel, Broken Light begins with the blood of menstruation, decades in the past, while the onset of the menopause is the trigger for ... READ MORE
Amanda Kendal
Broken Light
Couldn't finish it
Sadly Joanne decided to 'go there' and use my name in a negative way in this book, when there was absolutely no need. Ironic that the book is about a menop... READ MORE
KAREN WILD