Why read The Naked Light?

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A village haunted by stories. Two women bound by a secret.

A haunting gothic tale of ancient darkness and a love that defies convention, from Sunday Times #1 bestseller Bridget Collins.

'At once a moving study of women's lives after the First World War, an exquisite love story and a…

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1 author picked The Naked Light as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Louise Morrish

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'The Naked Light' contains all the ingredients of the very best historical fiction, and I knew I was going to love it from the very first page. Set in the years immediately after the First World War, the plot centres on three women - Kit, an androgynous artist seeking solace from the horrors of war, Florence, the repressed and stifled sister-in-law of a vicar, and Phoebe, a motherless adolescent, adrift and angry. All three women are living in a village bereft of most of its men following the war, and overlooked by the Face, an ancient crude 'face' cut into…

From Louise's 3 favorite reads in 2025.