A
Season in Lights
A
Novel in Three Acts
by
Gregory Erich Phillips
Genre:
Contemporary Fiction
Passion,
ambition and escape.
In
the colorful artistic underworld off-Broadway, Cammie, a dancer in
her mid-thirties, has just landed her first part in a show since
coming to New York City. Yet the tug of familial obligation and the
guilt of what she sacrificed to be there weigh down her dancing feet.
Her lover, Tom, an older piano player, came to the city as a young
man in the 1980s with a story eerily in tune with Cammie's own.
Through
their triumphs and failures, both learn the fleeting nature of glory,
the sweetness of new love, and how a dream come true isn't cherished
until it passes. The bright lights of the stage intoxicate, while
degradation and despair lurk close behind the curtain. Their sagas
are marred by two pandemics, AIDS in the 1980s and COVID-19 today,
which ravaged the performing arts community, leaving a permanent scar
on those who lived through them.
The
poignant intersection of their stories reveals a love affair unbound
by time, reaching across decades through the notes of a piano's
remembered song.
"A
Season in Lights is
an intimate, heartfelt ballad to creativity and the passion of the
artist. Phillips' writing is as lyrical as a love song and as
uplifting as a dream. It is not only one of my new favorite books,
but possibly one of the most important odes to New York City's
artists and the fragility of life since Rent." - Nicole
Evelina, USA
Today bestselling
author of The
Guinevere's Tale Trilogy and
many other stories of strong women from history and today
"By
drawing us into the glitz and glam of New York City's creative scene,
and by examining the gritty reality beneath the shine, Phillips taps
all the senses while reminding us that, no matter what happens in
life, the show must go on - especially for those who dare to dream.
Want a sensual but poignant romp behind the curtain? This book
delivers." - Julie Cantrell, New
York Times and USA
TODAY bestselling
author of Perennials
“Written by a true
creative, A Season in Lights paints a moving picture of
artists, dancers and musicians. Gregory Erich Phillips weaves
together the heartaches and lucky breaks of two main characters, Tom
and Cammie, and their friends and families. The vignettes culminate
with the impact of coronavirus on NYC, and ends with a surprisingly
tender and uplifting finale.” -Carol Van Den Hende,
award-winning author of Goodbye, Orchid
Award-winning
author Gregory Erich Phillips writes stories with strong characters
whose lives, with their many challenges and joys, resonate with a
wide audience. Raised in a literary family, Gregory began writing at
the age of fourteen. His debut novel, Love of Finished Years, won the
grand prize in the Chanticleer Reviews International Writing
Competition and was an Amazon bestseller in historical fiction. It
was praised by Publishers Weekly, which called it beguiling. His
second novel, The Exile, won first place in mainstream fiction in the
PNWA literary contest. An accomplished tango dancer and musician,
Gregory has impressed audiences from the West Coast to New York City
with his drama and grace on the dance floor. Gregory lives in
Seattle, Washington
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