Late in her twentieth year, Beatrice mails a letter on the sly, sparking events that will change her life forever. Just as she makes this contact with her grandmother, a legendary actress long estranged from Bea's mother, Bea, who dreams of her own life on the stage, is confronted by a home life torn asunder. Tantalizing in it's evocation of emotional fragility and piercing in its interpretation of subconscious desires (Booklist), House Lights illuminates the corrosive power of family secrets and the redemptive struggle to find truth, forgiveness, and love.