Release Date: July 27, 2021
About The Book:
Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern–his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile–made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she’d imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the ghosts of Vern’s past–a town, a house, a family, a memory.
Shooting Out the Lights is a May-December love story that explores the ongoing, wrenching aftermath of gun violence and the healing that comes with confronting the past.
About The Author:
Kim Fairley was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended the University of Southern California and holds an MFA in Mixed Media from the University of Michigan. Her first book, Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition chronicled the Arctic expedition of her great grandfather, Clarence Wyckoff and his friend, Louis Bement. Kim lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. https://kimfairley.com/
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Book Blurbs:
“Shooting Out the Lights is an exquisite memoir that analyzes what brought a couple together to face loss and their shattered hopes with enduring love.”― Foreword Clarion Reviews
“. . . the author’s writing is evocative, and her story is both unique and intriguing. . . this is a book that many readers will find difficult to put down. A captivating family account that delivers compelling, acutely observant writing.”― Kirkus Reviews
“This real-life mystery story is as riveting and absorbing as any genre fiction.”― Phillip Lopate, author of A Mother’s Tale
“Fairley scores a bull’s-eye with her rich and complex memoir, Shooting Out the Lights. Fairley’s gift of mesmerizing storytelling and intimately crafted characters make the reader feel as if they are sitting at her kitchen table. Shooting Out the Lights is a compelling memoir that will have the reader thinking about it long after turning the last page.”― Renee Hodges, author of Saving Bobby
“A riveting book that builds ominously.”― Jerry S. Walden MD, founder of Physicians for Prevention of Gun Violence
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