The Brightness

'I could not put it down'MADELINE CASH'Brilliant and enchanting'NATHAN HILL'Deeply absorbing, vivid, and humane' LISA HALLIDAYFrom the acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding comes an urgent, deeply felt story of friendship, art, love and grief, following two young women as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing.At 27, Pella's life looks settled: she's a recent college graduate, engaged to Mike, her longtime boyfriend, and helping her friend Owen pull off his own destination wedding on Block Island. But over that wild wedding weekend, Pella's past and present collide spectacularly, blowing up her plans and sending her spiralling toward an unplanned future in New York City.There, in a city that's equal parts glittering opportunity and cutthroat grit, Pella is forced to see herself in constantly changing lights as she wrestles with who she is and what she will become. As she cycles through possibilities and identities - is she an artist? A bartender? A...