The Sun Was Electric Light
Rachel Morton
Genre: Literary Fiction
Length: 224 Pages (Paperback)
Publication Date: July 1, 2025 (Expected) / April 1, 2025 (BOTM)
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Publisher’s Description
Disillusioned with her life in New York, Ruth returns to a lake town in Guatemala where she had been happy a decade earlier. There, in Panajachel, she meets two very different women: the calm and practical Emilie, and the turbulent and intoxicating Carmen.
Deciding to stay and build a life at the lake, Ruth finds work first as a nanny to a wealthy local family, then as an English teacher at a village school. Meanwhile, she becomes increasingly infatuated by her friendship with Carmen, pushing away the stability of her connection with Emilie. As Carmen’s fragile relationship with the world splinters, the difference between being a visitor and truly belonging becomes clear, and Ruth is forced to act.
The Sun Was Electric Light is a sublime novel about searching for belonging and a life that makes sense.
The Sun Was Electric Light by Rachel Morton is published by University of Queensland Press.
Content Advisory
This book contains mentions of suicidal ideation.
About Rachel Morton
Rachel Morton is a writer living on Eastern Maar/Gunditjmara Country in south-west Victoria. Her poetry has appeared in Meanjin Quarterly, The Moth Magazine and various other publications. Rachel was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry. The Sun Was Electric Light is her first novel and won the 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript (University of Queensland Press, 2025).
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