A Season of Light

Named a Best/Most Anticipated Book of the Season/Year by Ebony, The Republic, Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, and BiblioLifestyle.

“Luminous… Iromuanya is a spectacular storyteller."—The New York Times Book Review

“I haven’t stopped thinking about this portrait of a family tangled in a deep web of intergenerational trauma… Julie Iromuanya pulls off a dazzling literary feat, building a sense of empathy and understanding through exquisite characters and weighty, authentic interpersonal dynamics. A Season of Light is a masterpiece of literary fiction, and will stay with you long after you’ve put it down.”—Book of the Month (February Pick)

"A family drama of the highest order, Season of Light is about the curses we carry with us and the rare chances we have to shed their weight. It's a stunning, layered novel, one that I read with my heart in my throat."—Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for you and Pulitzer finalist The Great Believers

"A Season of Light is a heart-wrecking and wise and lyrical marvel of novel that illumes the tolls of war, the long haunting of family traumas, and the shaky promise of the immigrant American dream. The Ewerikes are as indelible as any family I’ve known or read about."—Mitchell S. Jackson, winner of the Pulitzer prize and author of The Residue Years

"Julie Iromuanya has the rare ability to use the most unlikely and unexpected conceit to weave a tale of such importance and magnitude, to expose life's sad and humorous sides. She is an original."—Helon Habila, author of Travelers

“[E]voked with empathy, tenderness, and intensely lyrical prose… An affecting, observant rendering of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.”—Kirkus Reviews