A Town with Half the Lights On
A Novel
$29.62
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
For readers of J. Ryan Stradal and The Music of Bees comes an epistolary novel following a failed Brooklyn chef who lands in his wife’s small Kansas town determined to find their way out of Kansas and back home…wherever that home may be.
For readers of J. Ryan Stradal and The Music of Bees (with a dash of FX’s The Bear) comes a quirky and refreshing epistolary novel about a family of culture-shocked Brooklynites transplanted to Goodnight, Kansas, and their f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464226960 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464226962 |
| Author: | Page Getz |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks Landmark |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Big-hearted, funny and brimming with charm, this novel will be sure to stay with readers long after they finish the last page. I know I’ll be carrying Goodnight, Kansas with me from here on out.” – Cat Shook, author of If We’re Being Honest
“Bitingly humorous with a cast of characters who will both warm your heart and chat your ear off, A Town with Half the Lights On is sensational. Page Getz weaves small-town charm with candid internality, harkening for readers their own sense of home and the mosaic of people who live there. ‘If you fry it, they will come!’ When Page Getz writes it, we’ll all want second helpings!” – Mallory Tater, author of This Will be Good and The Birth Yard
“Like a warm hug just when you need it, A Town with Half the Lights On will make you believe in second chances again. And seriously contemplate moving to Kansas to open a diner.” – New York Times bestselling author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend and The Murders in Great Diddling
“This novel is perfect! It’s a very funny book about an extremely serious town, Goodnight, Kansas, and its solid citizens making a glorious mess of their lives to the delight of the reader, and all the while revealing our shared humanity like a necessary tonic in our soulless, cell phone-scrolling times. The wit is astounding by any measure, and the different strands pulled together masterfully, a testament to her artistry.” – Stephen D. Gutierrez, author of Captain Chicano Draws a Line in the American Sand
“Some books reach the world just when they’re needed most. A Town with Half the Lights On is that book. This clever tribute to small towns, big hearts, and the people who make life worth living will renew your faith in humanity and make you long for a Goodnight, Kansas of your own.” – Lucy Gilmore, author of The Lonely Hearts Book Club
Page Getz
Page Getz is an author and MFA candidate at the University of British Columbia. Page was raised in Kansas, fled to CA to be a journalist, and currently lives in Vancouver with her family.
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