LIFE IS FULL OF GUARDIAN ANGELS.Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero—everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas’s backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most important, themselves.From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, We Are the Light is an unforgettable novel about the quicksand of grief and the daily miracle of love. The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this tale that will stay with you long after the final page is turned, Quick reminds us that guardian angels are all around us—sometimes in the forms we least expect.
This book got a little preachy for me so I didn't enjoy it as much as previous books by this author but it was still beautifully written. I also am a total sucker for epistolary novels so this also fit that love! It was definitely melancholy, definitely sad but ended on a hopeful note, which, again, is very typical of this author. I hate to give anything away but I would definitely recommend this book.
I remember you telling me that you had your own wounds, your own demons. That every healer is a wounded person first. And that the goal was to manage the pain, make it meaningful enough to carry on in a way that might be beneficial to others, which in turn helps to heal the self. "To make suffering meaningful," you had said so confidently. I really believed you. Bought in. And everything I've written to you in these letters demonstrates that clearly, I'd say.
So what's your excuse?
Why haven't you responded even once?
Why did you abandon me?
I'm afraid the darkness inside is winning.
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