“Bodies of Light” tells of the coming together and falling apart of a family of idealists in Victorian Manchester. Ally’s father paints beautiful women while her evangelical mother visits the slums and campaigns against child prostitution, teaching Ally and her sister May to live for others. While May likes to pose for the artists in her father’s circle, Ally devotes herself to her mother’s ambitions, working hard to join the first generation of female doctors. But bitterness and tragedy divide the family and Ally leaves home to escape the subtle terrors of her childhood and begin a new life in London.

Being released at the Conchas Little Free Library!