Picture Us In the Light, Kelly Loy Gilbert
Picture Us In the Light, Kelly Loy Gilbert
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Picture Us In the Light

Author: Kelly Loy Gilbert

Narrator: James Chen

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/22/2019

Synopsis

When Danny discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember, and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words. Harry and Danny's lives are deeply intertwined, and as they approach the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that shook their friend group to its core, Danny can't stop asking himself if Harry is truly in love with his girlfriend, Regina Chan. When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past, he uncovers a secret that disturbs the foundations of his family history, and the carefully constructed faade his parents have maintained begins to crumble. With everything he loves in danger of being stripped away, he must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him.

About Kelly Loy Gilbert

Kelly Loy Gilbert believes deeply in the power of stories to illuminate a shared humanity and give voice to complex, broken people. She is the author of Conviction, a William C. Morris Award finalist, Picture Us in the Light, When We Were Infinite, and Everyone Wants to Know, and lives in the Bay Area. She would be thrilled to hear from you on X (previously known as Twitter) @KellyLoyGilbert or at KellyLoyGilbert.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on November 24, 2018

This is the best young-adult book I have read since Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, and I loved Picture Us in the Light even more than Ari and Dante. I cried for several minutes after reading the last page; I felt like my heart had been overrun by emotion in the best wa......more

Goodreads review by jessica on December 07, 2018

every once in a while, you come across a book where it feels as if your hands are simply not strong enough to hold the immense weight of it on their own. and so your heart steps in, saying, ‘dont worry. i will carry the heaviness of this story. i will take on that burden.’ and with every beat, every......more

Goodreads review by Christine on November 07, 2021

My heart is shredded. SHREDDED. Wow. This is a slice in the life of Danny Cheng. Danny is an Asian-American high schooler and the son of Chinese immigrants. Halfway through the book I figured this was a nice 4 star read. Danny is facing a lot of challenges in his life revolving around his parents, h......more

Goodreads review by Thérèse on July 17, 2022

07/2022: I sit next to him, still touching him, without moving, and I think how strange it is that you can know someone so well and feel them threaded through your life in more ways than you can count and then still they build out these places inside themselves that they retreat to and you can't......more

Goodreads review by ellie on June 21, 2018

He looks unruffled. Why did it feel like a lightning bolt to me, then? If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be this: disconnected. It’s well-written, with thoughtful characters, but it pulls you all over the place. At one point I thought it was exploring the grief of losing a friend,......more

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