The Year the Lights Came On

by Terry Kay

Overview

First published in 1976, The Year the Lights Came On was Terry Kay's debut novel. Revolving around the electrification of rural northeast Georgia shortly after the end of World War II, the novel has become a classic coming-of-age story. Kay, an acclaimed writer with an international following, has reread the novel with the eyes of a seasoned storyteller. Cutting here and adding there, Kay has enriched an already highly comical and poignant work. The Year the Lights Came On is ready to find its place in the hearts of a new generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953601681
Publisher:	Untreed Reads Publishing
Publication date:	07/10/2021
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Terry Kay grew up in Royston, Georgia, in a family of 12 children. He was the author of 18 novels, including the international bestseller To Dance with the White Dog, which became the award-winning film starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Kay passed away in December 2020 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer; his books will live on forever.

Editorial Reviews

This is a story of youth, its joys and adventures, its pains and battles, its loves and friendships. Kay has come up with a deliciously nostalgic look at the whole experience of Growing Up.

Christian Science Monitor

The Year the Lights Came On hit my desk one day, went home with me that afternoon and kept me up, sans supper, sans television, sans twilight walk in the yard, until I had finished every last word of it. It is a lovely, moving, suspenseful story with that rare quality which so few writers achieve, the thing that makes you say, 'That's the way it was. I remember'

Atlanta Constitution - Celestine Sibley

"The Year the Lights Came On hit my desk one day, went home with me that afternoon and kept me up, sans supper, sans television, sans twilight walk in the yard, until I had finished every last word of it. It is a lovely, moving, suspenseful story with that rare quality which so few writers achieve, the thing that makes you say, "That's the way it was. I remember'"--Celestine Sibley, Atlanta Constitution

"This is a story of youth, its joys and adventures, its pains and battles, its loves and friendships. Kay has come up with a deliciously nostalgic look at the whole experience of Growing Up.”--Christian Science Monitor

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