Shooting Out the Lights - A Memoir

After twenty-four-year-old Kim falls in love with and marries fifty-six-year-old Vern, she quickly becomes pregnant-only to have their love tested by the ghosts of Vern's past, his failing health, and the unexpected arrival of a troubled young boy.

About the author

Kim Fairley was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended the University of Southern California and holds an MFA in Mixed Media from the University of Michigan. Her first book, Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition, chronicled the Arctic expedition of her great grandfather, Clarence Wyckoff. Kim lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Summary

After twenty-four-year-old Kim falls in love with and marries fifty-six-year-old Vern, she quickly becomes pregnant—only to have their love tested by the ghosts of Vern’s past, his failing health, and the unexpected arrival of a troubled young boy.

Product details

• Authors: Kim Fairley
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.07.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9781647420673
• ISBN: 978-1-64742-067-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Children with Special Needs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Stepparenting, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships