Catching the Light by Joanna Horton

Catching the Light by Joanna HortonImmediately gripping and thrillingly nuanced, this is a novel youll devour in a rush and then savour for a long, long time.Diana Reid, bestselling author of Love & Virtue and Signs of Damage Water, sand, hills, sky: the painter was out at sea, looking towards the shore. Impossible to say whether he was coming in or going out. When Sylvie, a single mother yearning for a creative spark, meets Michael, a renowned painter, she feels something she hasnt

‘Immediately gripping and thrillingly nuanced, this is a novel you’ll devour in a rush and then savour for a long, long time.’—Diana Reid, bestselling author of Love & Virtue and Signs of Damage
 

Water, sand, hills, sky: the painter was out at sea, looking towards the shore. Impossible to say whether he was coming in or going out.

When Sylvie, a single mother yearning for a creative spark, meets Michael, a renowned painter, she feels something she hasn’t felt in years. Impulsively she decides to uproot her life and move to Isaiah, an artists’ colony, with her teenage daughter, Alice.

To Sylvie, Isaiah seems to offer a second chance at the things she’s sacrificed—freedom, love and art—but her relationship with Michael begins to affect the closeness she once had with her daughter. Without her mother’s knowledge, Alice engages in an act of teenage defiance that will shape both their lives.

Years later, Alice, a PhD student, is sought out by Caroline, an art historian researching Michael for a retrospective of his work. As their conversations tease out long-buried memories, Alice grapples with her past and Caroline’s hidden agenda.

Sometimes it’s all a matter of perspective.