num_pages: 478
description: Seven when he is sent from Africa back to England to live with his eccentric uncle, Hugh Arkwright is long troubled by his mother's disappearance, and returns to his childhood home as an adult to try to find clues to the past
language: English
title: Pieces of Light: A Novel
titlecomplete: Pieces of Light: A Novel
genres: British Literature, Fiction, Africa, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub