{"product_id":"sunlight-finds-you-9781923058996","title":"Sunlight Finds You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compulsive love story from a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author that spins on the consequence of lies and our capacity for resilience\u003c\/p\u003ePlt;bPgt;A compulsive love story from a Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;\/iPgt; bestselling author that spins on the consequence of lies and our capacity for resilience.Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;P#8216;A cancel-your-plans, hold-your-breath, call-your-best-friend kind of book.P#8217; Plt;\/iPgt;Amy Jo BurnsPlt;\/bPgt;  A forbidden love blows open the world of a young woman, altering the trajectory of her life.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Postwar America is a time of rigid social rules. But when effervescent, seventeen-year-old Nora moves to Florida, she finds paradiseP#8212;especially after she meets and wins over shy, brilliant Leonard. His mother is welcoming, but his father is suspicious of Nora and her lower-class family.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;When coerced into breaking off all contact with Leonard, Nora makes a decision that exiles her from the family she loves, and sets off a chain of secrets and betrayals that will follow her for years.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Laura MoriartyP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;Sunlight Finds YouPlt;\/iPgt; explores ideas about family, female desire, sexism, motherhood and prejudice. ItP#8217;s about our capacity to forgiveP#8212;ourselves and othersP#8212;and about finding happiness by refusing to settle for a life that is less than full.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;A compelling and warm-hearted love story for readers of Anne PatchettP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;Tom LakePlt;\/iPgt; and Patrick RyanP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;BuckeyePlt;\/iPgt;.Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#39;Perfectly captures the joy and exquisite pain of first love, and the sacrifices that change our lives forever. I adored it.P#39; Plt;bPgt;Toni JordanPlt;\/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;P#8216;The perfect summer read... Propulsive and drenched in light, just like the title.P#8217;Plt;iPgt; Plt;\/iPgt;Plt;bPgt;Jenna Bush HagerPlt;\/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;P#8216;The kind of book that makes you lean closer, then hold your breath as the beauty and betrayal unfold. I couldnP#8217;t stop reading. I couldnP#8217;t stop hoping. What an extraordinary novel!P#8217; Plt;bPgt;Ariel LawhonPlt;\/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Radiant...What begins as a teenage romance in 1950s Florida becomes an intimate, deeply moving story of separation, sacrifice, and self-determinationP#8212;and of how early love shapes the lives we carry forward.P#8217; Plt;bPgt;Christina Baker KlinePlt;\/bPgt;\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781923058996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 04 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Text Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Melbourne, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.6(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eLaura Moriarty is the author of the bestseller Plt;iPgt;The ChaperonePlt;\/iPgt; as well asPlt;iPgt; The Center of EverythingPlt;\/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Rest of Her LifePlt;\/iPgt;, and Plt;iPgt;While IP#8217;m Falling.Plt;\/iPgt; She received her masterP#8217;s degree from the University of Kansas and was awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for creative writing at Phillips Exeter Academy. Moriarty lives in Lawrence, Kansas.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘Radiant…What begins as a teenage romance in 1950s Florida becomes an intimate, deeply moving story of separation, sacrifice, and self-determination – and of how early love shapes the lives we carry forward.’ * Christina Baker Kline *\u003cbr\u003e‘A cancel-your-plans, hold-your-breath, call-your-best-friend kind of book.’ * Amy Jo Burns *\u003cbr\u003e‘Illuminates the beguiling power of first love through characters whose teenage choices precipitate lifelong consequences.’ * Sarah McCoy *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eSunlight Finds You\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting story of young love and battered hope. It’s the kind of book that makes you lean closer, then hold your breath as the beauty and betrayal unfold. I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t stop hoping. What an extraordinary novel!’ * Ariel Lawhon, New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River *\u003cbr\u003e'Laura Moriarty writes with a voice that grabs you from the first page and delights you to the last. \u003ci\u003eSunlight Finds You\u003c\/i\u003e is at once captivating, tender, and remarkably attuned to the emotional weather of our time. I love it.’ * Tracey Lien, author of All That’s Left Unsaid *","brand":"Laura Moriarty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49077129150681,"sku":"9781923058996","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781923058996.jpg?v=1786457231","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/sunlight-finds-you-9781923058996","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}