{"product_id":"bright-objects-paperback","title":"Bright Objects - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuby Todd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of The New York Times 10 Best Thrillers of the Year One of The New Yorker's and Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year A \"luminous, unusual, unexpected\" (The New York Times) debut novel blending mystery, psychological suspense, astronomy, and romance, in which a young widow faces the life-altering arrival of a rare comet, perfect for fans of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands.Sylvia Knight is losing hope that the person who killed her husband will ever face justice. Since the night of the hit-and-run, her world has been shrouded in hazy darkness--until she meets Theo St. John, the discoverer of a rare comet soon to be visible to the naked eye. As the comet begins to brighten, Sylvia wonders what the apparition might signify. She is soon drawn into the orbit of local mystic Joseph Evans, who believes the comet's arrival is nothing short of a divine message. Finding herself caught between two conflicting perspectives of this celestial phenomenon, she struggles to define for herself where the reality lies. As the comet grows in the sky, her town slowly descends further and further into a fervor over its impending apex, and Sylvia's quest to uncover her husband's killer will push her and those around her to the furthest reaches of their very lives. A \"smart, propulsively readable\" (Los Angeles Times) debut about the search for meaning in a bewildering world, the loyalty of love, and the dangerous lengths people go to in pursuit of obsession, Bright Objects is a luminous, masterfully crafted literary thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby Todd is a Melbourne-based writer with a PhD in writing and literature. She is the recipient of the 2019 Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest Award for Fiction and the inaugural 2020 Furphy Literary Award, among others. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBright Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the 2023 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award. She is a 2023 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46378481877127,"sku":"9781668053225","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7VRuNRCWg9781668053225.webp?v=1793386310","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bright-objects-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}