![]() ![]() ![]() Anna Lyndsey is both close observer and philosopher, capable of describing her world and also of pondering what it signifies." -The New York Times Book Review "What stays with the reader is gutsiness, her imagination and fortitude. reveals the quiet, ingenious consciousness of a poet. A gorgeous writer of rare honesty and wit." -Boston Globe "Melodic, penetrating . It brings us to an extraordinary place fromwhich we emerge to see the lightand the world anew." Girl in the Dark is a tale of an unimaginable fate that becomes a transcendent love story. But even impossible lives, she learns, endure. ![]() One day Anna had an ordinary life, and then the unthinkable happened. Andthrough it all there isPete, her love and her rock, without whomherloneliness seems boundless. During periods of relative remission, she can venture out cautiouslyat dawn and dusk into a world that, from the perspective of her cloistered existence, is filled with remarkable beauty. ![]() Now, at the worst times, Annais forced tospend months on end in a blacked-out room, where she losesherself in audiobooks and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. Then what started as a mildintoleranceto certain kinds of artificiallight developed into a severe sensitivity to all light. Anna Lyndsey wasyoung andambitious and worked hard she had just bought an apartment she was falling in love. Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, Girl in the Dark is a brave new memoir of a life without light. ![]()
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