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The light between oceans a novel

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The years-long New York Times bestseller soon to be a major motion picture from Spielberg's Dreamworks that is "irresistible . . .seductive . . .with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page" (O, The Oprah Magazine). After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbour...

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Main Author: Stedman, M. L.
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Language:English
Published: 2012.
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Australia > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:The years-long New York Times bestseller soon to be a major motion picture from Spielberg's Dreamworks that is "irresistible . . .seductive . . .with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page" (O, The Oprah Magazine). 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 day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a "gift from God," and against Tom's 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.
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ISBN:9781451681765
Author Notes:Originally from Western Australia, M L Stedman has lived in London for many years, where she worked as a lawyer. She first decided to try creative writing in 1997. In the years that followed she did a few writing courses, and some of her short stories were published in anthologies.

The Light Between Oceans is M L Stedman's debut novel, draws inspiration from the landscape of her native Western Australia.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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