“Fullofyearning,ponderancesaboutartandwhatitmeanstobeanartist,andself-revelation,AScatterofLighthasasimmeringintensitythatmakesithardtoputdown.“--NPRAnInstantNewYorkTimesBestsellerLastNightattheTelegraphClubauthorMalindaLoreturnstotheBayAreawithanothermasterfulqueercoming-of-agestory,thistimesetagainstthebackdropofthefirstmajorSupremeCourtdecisionslegalizinggaymarriage.AriaTangWestwaslookingforwardtoasummeronMartha’sVineyardwithherbestfriends--onelastroundofsandandsunbeforecollege.Butafteragraduationpartygoeswrong,Aria’sparentsexilehertoCaliforniatostaywithhergrandmother,artistJoanWest.Ariaexpectsboredom,butwhatshefindsisStephNichols,hergrandmother’sgardener.Soon,Ariaissecond-guessingwhosheisandwhatshewantstobe,andasummerthatonceseemedlostbecomesunforgettable--forAria,herfamily,andtheworking-classqueercommunityStephintroducesherto.It’sthekindofsummerthatchangesalifeforever.AndalmostsixtyyearsaftertheendofLastNightattheTelegraphClub,AScatterofLightalsooffersaglimpseintoLilyandKath’slivessince1955.
