Days of Light, Megan Hunter
Days of Light, Megan Hunter
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Days of Light

Author: Megan Hunter

Narrator: Stephanie Racine

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2025


Synopsis

From the author of The End We Start From, now a major film starring Jodie Comer, and taking inspiration from the influential artists and intellectuals of the Bloomsbury Group, Days of Light is a sweeping, sensual historical novel of art, desire, and faith set against the backdrop of a changing England

Easter Sunday, 1938. Ivy is nineteen and ready for her life to finally begin. Her sprawling, bohemian family and their friends gather in the idyllic English countryside for lunch, arranging themselves around well-worn roles. They trade political views and artistic arguments as they impatiently await the arrival and first sight of Frances, the new beau of Ivy’s beloved older brother, Joseph. In this auspicious atmosphere of springtime, Ivy’s world feels on the cusp of something grand—but neither she nor those closest to her predicts how a single, enchanted evening and an unexpected tragedy will alter the rest of their lives.

A philosophical and intimate journey through time, Days of Light chronicles six pivotal days across six decades to tell the story of Ivy’s pursuit of answers—to the events of this fateful Easter Sunday and to the shifting desires of her own heart. Moving through the Second World War up to the close of the 20th century, Hunter captures the galvanic love and transformative moments that define a winding, beautiful life.

About Megan Hunter

Megan Hunter is a prizewinning novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. Her first novel, The End We Start From was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Books Are My Bag Awards, longlisted for the Aspen Words Prize, and won the Foreword Reviews Editor’s Choice Award. It was adapted into a major motion picture by Alice Birch, starring Jodie Comer and directed by Mahalia Belo. Her second novel, The Harpy, is currently being adapted for television with Red Planet Pictures. In 2024 her dramatic monologue Salt of the Earth premiered at Venice Film Festival. Megan’s other writing has appeared in the White Review, the TLS, Literary Hub, Vogue, Elle, BOMB, and elsewhere. She lives in Cambridge, UK.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Constantine on April 13, 2025

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ ½ Genre: Historical Fiction This novel follows the life of the main protagonist, Ivy, in six important days of her life across six decades. The story begins in 1938, in the English countryside, when Ivy was 19 years old, and continues until 1999, during Easter, as she nears the end of her......more

Goodreads review by Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer on April 14, 2025

But Ivy wondered, still–she had read of the star of Bethlehem, of the shepherds, the glory of God shining around them. Of Moses and the burning bush. Angels descending to earth. Extraordinary things have happened, on extraordinary days. But what of all the other days? she wondered. It was time th......more

Goodreads review by Stephen the Bookworm on January 14, 2025

Days of Light is a curious read- hard to classify as contemporary fiction in some senses because there is a gentle 'old -fashioned' /timeless feel to the book. This is the story of Ivy told over six April days across her life. Beginning in 1938, Ivy and her family await the arrival of brother Joseph'......more

Goodreads review by Tom on March 07, 2025

Some people are going to really love this book. It's elegantly and delicately written, with real compassion for its characters. For me, it was a little pedestrian and some of the themes were not my thing really. But I appreciated what the author was doing and the execution is pretty good.......more

Goodreads review by Aoife on April 30, 2025

While there is a refined elegance to the writing, this novel felt like one I had read before. It reminded me in some ways of The Safekeep, a superior novel in my humble opinion, both in style and substance. I wasn’t a huge fan of the author’s acclaimed work The End We Start From, so perhaps this was......more