The Light We Lost was reviewed in The Sun in the U.K., and the reviewer had this to say about it: “This is surely the next great romantic epic… It is a novel that lives with you long after the final page. A book for a generation and a future classic.” Reading that line made me kind of speechless. Here’s the whole review:
At the launch party for The Light We Lost there was an audiobook raffle to raise money for Tuesday’s Children, a charity that one of my characters talks about in the novel–and one that was founded in the wake of September 11 to help care for communities impacted by terrorism or traumatic loss. I was so happy to get to send a donation over to them,
When I came home from promoting my adult novel, The Light We Lost, in Europe, I found these Sparkle Spa books waiting for me! Book 7 from the French publisher and book 10 from the US publisher!
When I was in the UK, I had such a lovely time meeting & chatting with Harriet Scott at Magic Radio about The Light We Lost–and loved seeing the Hot New Books section in the Heatworld magazine in the lobby!
On May 22, The Light We Lost was released in Italian, with the title Il Giorno Che Aspettiamo (The Day We’re Waiting For). I was in Milan for its publication and just loved everyone I met who worked at Casa Editrice Nord, who published the Italian edition. Here’s a photo shoot I did of the book (I love the bridge and flowers on the jacket):
I’m so, so happy that I get to work with the folks at Putnam on another book! Here is the announcement:
Bought a copy of US Weekly to read on my flight to Milan, and found a familiar book face inside. Hey there, The Light We Lost!
So excited that iBooks named The Light We Lost one of their 25 Best Books of May! You can read the whole list–and the review–over at Apple.co/BestofMay (I love that they sent this graphic.)
Prima Magazine in the UK called The Light We Lost “An epic love story.” Thank you to their book editor, Nina Pottell, for including my novel in her top 10 reads for May!
The UK’s Stylist Magazine included The Light We Lost in their “What to Read in May” feature and said: “Jill Santopolo’s The Light We Lost is a love story that fans of David Nicholls will love.” Honored to be compared to an author I admire so much!
The Light We Lost was included in Bookish’s May Book Club Post! (I like their tip to readers.)
So honored and happy and thrilled that Redbook Magazine put The Light We Lost on the list of the Best Summer Beach Reads of 2017 and called it “the epic love story of 2017.”