Where Light Is a Place

by Beverly Conner

Book Overview

Set in a domestic noir world of Los Angeles' Manhattan Beach in the 1940s, Where Light Is a Place is a lyrically devastating and inspiring portrait of a young girl coming of age and of a family in crisis.

It's 1948 and 12-year old Palmer McNeil's world of sand, sea, and Saturday matinees is not as idyllic as it seems: tar and polio lurk at the beach, a molester stalks the movie theater, earthquakes rumble, and treacherous rip tides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480233994
• ISBN13: 9781480233997
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"