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What is Flashlight about?

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2026A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026 A moment is all it takes to shatter a family. The echoes last a lifetime... ‘Ferociously smart and full of surprises’ Eleanor Catton ‘Engrossing... Full of brains and mystery’ Telegraph One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father, Serk, take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the summer in a coastal Japanese town. Hours later, Louisa wakes on the beach, soaked to the skin. Her father is missing: presumably drowned. This sudden event shatters their small family. As Louisa and her American mother return to the US, Serk's disappearance reverberates across time and space, and the mystery of what really happened that night slowly unravels. A Book of the Year for the Guardian, Time, New Yorker, Esquire, Vanity Fair, FT and Barack Obama ‘Big, bold and surprising’ Guardian ‘Illuminates the buried secrets of the human heart’ Oprah Daily ‘Gorgeous... Almost impossibly heartbreaking’ New York Magazine ‘It will make your head spin in the best way’ Dakota Johnson ‘Endlessly dazzling’ Vogue READERS LOVE FLASHLIGHT ‘Compelling, fascinating, original. Read this book’‘Five stars. Heartbreaking’‘A beautifully written story of a family across decades’‘I loved it - the best read in years. Glorious’‘Absolutely brilliant’

Question 2

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Flashlight?

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Fiction > Historical fiction

Question 3

Where can I read a sample of Flashlight?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781787335127

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Flashlight?

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Susan Choi

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Who is the Publisher of the book Flashlight?

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Random House

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What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

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Flashlight is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781787335127) and paperback(ISBN 9781529932515) and paperback(ISBN 9781787335134) and ebook(ISBN 9781529932522) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781529970661)

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