A Town with Half the Lights on

For readers of J. Ryan Stradal and The Music of Bees comes a charming epistolary novel that reminds us that home is a place we should always fight for,no matter where that may be. Welcome to GoodnightKansas. Population: Many Kansansthree New Yorkersand one chance to save the place they love most With more wind chimes than residentsfolks don’t move to Goodnight when their lives are going well. That’s why all eyes are on Sid Solvang and his family from the moment they turn down Emporia Road. After allyou don’t get to crash and burn in New York and come out unscathed. Nowstuck in his wife’s childhood home and determined to never cook againSid and his family are desperate to find a way back to Brooklyn. Enter the fledgling May Day Dineran iconic eatery at the center of town under the threat of the wrecking ball. But as the Solvangs try to find their ticket outthe true story of Goodnight opens to them. One of heart and traditionof exploitation and greedand of a town desperately trying to stay on the map with neighbors you would do anything to save. Told in diary entriestown paper clippingsemailsschool notesand moreA Town with Half the Lights On is a heartwarming novel that navigates family secretscorporate corruptionand the mythologies behind a wayward girl named Disco to show one family how to find their way back home…wherever that may be.