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The Light Between Oceans
- Author: M L Stedman
- Category: Fiction Debut Literary
- Publisher: Transworld (UK), Scribner (US)
- Pub date: 26 April 2012
- Length: 400 pages
About The Light Between Oceans
an extraordinary and heart-rending book about good people, tragic decisions, and the beauty found in each of them
- Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief
This is a story of right and wrong, and how sometimes they look the same.
1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a quiet life, cocooned from the rest of the world. One April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying infant – and the path of the couple’s lives hits an unthinkable crossroads. Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they make that day - as the baby’s real story unfolds …
M L Stedman’s debut is a mesmerising novel of love and loss and unbearable choices.
About the Author
M. L. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia, and now lives in London. This is her first novel.