Light Between Oceans

English

ISBN: 1451681739

EAN: 9781451681734

Category: Fiction / Family Life

Publisher: Scribner

Release Date: 07/28/2012

Synopsis: The debut of a stunning new voice in fiction a novel both heartbreaking and transcendent After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a days journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a babys cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Toms judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them. M. L. Stedmans mesmerizing, beautifully written novel seduces us into accommodating Isabels decision to keep this gift from God. And we are swept into a story about extraordinarily compelling characters seeking to find their North Star in a world where there is no right answer, where justice for one person is anothers tragic loss. The Light Between Oceansis exquisite and unforgettable, a deeply moving novel.

Light Between Oceans

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.3 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 352