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Study Guide. Summary and Study Guide. Overview. The Light Between Oceans is Australian writer M.L. Stedman’s debut novel, published in 2012 by Random House Australia. Categorized as historical fiction, the novel won various accolades, such as the Indie Book Awards Book of the Year in 2013.
Summaries. A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat. War-weary Tom takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on an island for the solitude. He meets beautiful young Isabel and they eventually marry.
Summary. Thomas "Tom" Sherbourne returns home to Eastern Australia after fighting in the Western Front trenches of World War I with the First Australian Imperial Force. He left physically unscathed and with several decorations, but he suffers from nightmares and survivor guilt and seeks a quiet, remote job.
- M. L. Stedman
- Historical fiction
- 362 pp.
- Vintage Australia
Plot. In December 1918, Tom Sherbourne – a traumatised and withdrawn hero of World War I – is hired as a lightkeeper at Janus Rock, a lighthouse off the coast of Australia. He falls in love with a local girl, Isabel Graysmark, and they marry. Isabel loses two pregnancies over two years and fears she may never become a mother.
- $26 million
- Alexandre Desplat
- $20 million
Mar 20, 2012 · 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.
- (459K)
- Hardcover
Sep 2, 2016 · The Light Between Oceans: Directed by Derek Cianfrance. With Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery. A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
This captivating novel, set in the years following World War I, invites readers into the lives of Tom Sherbourne, a war-weary veteran, and his wife Isabel, as they navigate the moral complexities of a decision that will change their lives forever. Contents. Introduction. Plot Summary. Character Analysis. Themes and Symbols. Writing Style and Tone.
