Carys Bray Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Publication Order of Anthologies

Carys Bray is a published British author.

She was born on December 14, 1975 in Southport in the United Kingdom.

A Song for Issy Bradley is a 2014 book by Carys Bray. If you’re a fan of contemporary fiction, then you’ll likely really like this story that focuses on the power of faith, doubt, and perseverance following a family tragedy. It’s a great read whether you’re tackling it on your own or sharing it with your local book club!

The main characters in this story are the Bradleys. They are a family that view the world as being a place where miracles are actually possible and the type of place where nothing in the end is more important than family.

Ian Bradley is many things, including a father, a husband, a math teacher, and a Mormon bishop. He is of the belief that everything will turn out all right if he is able to make it to the end and simply endure, just as the pioneers did. Claire is his wife, who is waiting to receive a sign from God. She also needs life to pause in a desperate way as she comes to terms with the tragedy.

This book also tells the story of the couple’s children. These include Zippy, who is sixteen years old and going through experiencing first love for the first time. There is also Al, who is fourteen years old, largely cynical, and would prefer to go out and play soccer as opposed to read the Book of Mormon. There is also Jacob, who at seven years old has faith that is larger than a mustard seed that he wants to use to heal his broken family with a miracle.

Observant, funny, moving, and inspirational, this book deals with concepts of doubt and faith as well as a family that is trying to do their best to figure out how they are going to carry on when the inner parts of their world have fallen apart. Check out A Song for Issy Bradley to follow along with every word.

When the Lights Go Out is a 2020 book by Carys Bray. Wanting something relatively recent to read but don’t know where to start? Give this book a try!

Main character Emma is starting to wonder whether relationships should be upgraded in the way that they are handled. Maybe they should be more like mortgages or certain financial agreements and should be done in five-year increments. She could laugh if Chris had purchased a motorbike or done something like dyeing his hear. But instead he is doing things like stockpiling food and buying off label medicines.

Chris feels like Emma is too optimistic always and it’s really exasperating to him. A little bit of dread, horror, or anger– he feels like he just wants to see something, a variation from her constant cheeriness. He doesn’t feel that it’s asking all that much that she would join him in a measure of something.

The ecosystem of the family, which is already delicate, gets disrupted even more by heavy rains, cuts to power, and Chris’s mother showing up unexpectedly. Emma would love to throw Chris a rope and pull him up from what bothers him. But he doesn’t want to be reassured or rescued, she’s starting to find. He wants her to be in there with him.

Unique and interesting, this novel is a story about dealing in hope and adapting to change. Can Emma get Chris to see her point of view or have they diverged too much in terms of what matters to them and deal with the changes to who they are and how they live, or will the differences simply be too much in the end? Find out by getting a copy of Carys Bray’s When the Lights Go Out today.