In Sunlight and in Shadow
In Sunlight and in Shadow
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In Sunlight and in Shadow

Written by Mark Helprin
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An epic love story set in post-war New York, by the best-selling author of Winter’s Tale.In the summer of 1946, New York City pulses with energy. Harry Copeland, a World War II veteran, has returned home to run the family business. Yet his life is upended by a single encounter with the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale, as each falls for the other in an instant. They pursue one another in a romance played out in Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. Catherine’s choice of Harry over her longtime fiancé endangers Harry’s livelihood and threatens his life. In the end, Harry must summon the strength of his wartime experience to fight for Catherine, and risk everything. “In its storytelling heft, its moral rectitude, the solemn magnificence of its writing and the splendor of its hymns to New York City, [In Sunlight and in Shadow] is a spiritual pendant to Winter’s Tale and every bit as extraordinary…Even the most stubbornly resistant readers will soon be disarmed by the nobility of the novel’s sentiments and seduced by the pure music of its prose.”–Wall Street Journal

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780544102606
    Publication Date
    October 1, 2013
    Publisher
    Mariner Books
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 2012
    Page Count
    720
    Audience
    Adult

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