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Mar 20, 2012 · M.L. Stedman. Australia, 1926. After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns home to take a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's 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 ...
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Aug 7, 2012 · A polished, cleverly constructed and very precisely calculated first novel. The miraculous arrival of a child in the life of a barren couple delivers profound love but also the seeds of destruction. Moral dilemmas don’t come more exquisite than the one around which Australian novelist Stedman constructs her debut.
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Winner of the BookBrowse 2012 Best Fiction Book Award. A captivating, beautiful, and stunningly accomplished debut novel that opens in 1918 Australia - the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who make one devastating choice that forever changes two worlds. Australia, 1926. After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, Tom ...
Stedman’s debut novel The Light Between Oceans is a refreshingly honest and heart-wrenching work that is sure to stay with you weeks after finishing it. It tells the story of war hero-turned-lighthouse keeper Tom, and his young, feisty wife Isabel, on the tiny, fictitious island of Janus Rock. Between the Great Southern Ocean and the Indian ...
Jul 31, 2012 · The Light Between Oceans. by M. L. Stedman. Publication Date: July 31, 2012. Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction. Hardcover: 352 pages. Publisher: Scribner. ISBN-10: 1451681739. ISBN-13: 9781451681734. Tom Sherbourne takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on a remote and isolated island when a boat carrying a dead man and a living baby hit his shore.
Aug 4, 2017 · Right from the first page through to the last, The Light Between Oceans grabbed a hold of me and refused to let go. It’s one of those novels that you can safely label as ‘stunning’ and recommend to anyone and everyone as a great read. The story is so well developed, showcasing life in Australia during the post war years in a realistic manner.
978-1742755717. OCLC. 812988276. The Light Between Oceans is a 2012 Australian historical fiction novel by M. L. Stedman, her debut novel, published by Random House Australia on 20 March 2012. [1] A film adaptation of the same name starring Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender was released on 2 September 2016. [2]
