num_pages: 337
description: First published in 1976, The Year the Lights Came On was Terry Kay's debut novel. Revolving around the electrification of rural northeast Georgia shortly after the end of World War II, the novel has become a classic coming-of-age story. Kay, now an acclaimed writer with an international following, has reread the novel with the eyes of a seasoned storyteller. Cutting here and adding there, Kay has enriched an already highly comical and poignant work. The Year the Lights Came On is ready to find its place in the hearts of a new generation.
language: English
title: The Year the Lights Came On: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Year the Lights Came On: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 390
places: Georgia
publisher: University of Georgia Press