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  • When the Lights Go Out

  • By: Carys Bray
  • Narrated by: Robyn Addison
  • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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When the Lights Go Out

By: Carys Bray
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Global temperatures are rising.

The climate of the Abrams' marriage is cooling.

Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. She might laugh if Chris had bought a motorbike or started dyeing his hair. Instead he's buying off-label medicines and stockpiling food.

Chris finds Emma's relentless optimism exasperating. A tot of dread, a nip of horror, a shot of anger - he isn't asking much. If she would only join him in a measure of something.

The family's precarious eco-system is further disrupted by torrential rains, power cuts and the unexpected arrival of Chris's mother. Emma longs to lower a rope and winch Chris from the pit of his worries. But he doesn't want to be rescued or reassured - he wants to pull her in after him.

Darkly funny and beautifully written, When the Lights Go Out is a novel for our times: a story about cultivating hope and weathering change.
©2020 Carys Bray (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Family Life Literary Fiction
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Carys Bray writes with a quiet formidable brilliance. Her observations on relationships are acute, painful and extremely funny. This is a gem of a book. (Emily Maitlis)
Bray has a knack of dealing with weighty themes with the lightest of touches. (Best New Fiction)

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A truly contemporary novel

This story rightfully took time to develop the key characters against a now increasingly familiar backdrop of climate anxiety. A thought provoking ending too!

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