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The Lightkeeper's Daughters

by Jean E. Pendziwol

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"Jean Pendziwol's beautifully written novel captured me from the very first page. Its descriptions of the windswept lightkeeper's station of Elizabeth's and Emily's youth are so crisply rendered I felt I was standing on its shores watching the great ships cross the stormy waters of Lake Superior. Even more than its vivid evocation of a unique time and place, The LightKeeper's Daughters is a sensitive and moving examination of the nature of identity, the importance of family, and the possibility of second chances."â??Heather Young, author of The Lose Girls

With the haunting atmosphere and emotional power of The Language of Flowers, Orphan Train, and The Light Between Oceans, critically acclaimed children's author Jean E. Pendziwol's adult debut is an affecting story of family, identity, and art that involves a decades-old mystery.

Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills the void with music and memories of her family, especially her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father's journals are discovered after an accident, the past suddenly becomes all too present.

With the help of Morgan, a delinquent teenager performing community service at her senior home, Elizabeth goes through the diaries, a journey through time that brings the two women closer together. Entry by entry, these unlikely friends are drawn deep into a world far removed from their own, to Porphyry Island on Lake Superior, where Elizabeth's father manned the lighthouse and raised his young family seventy years before.

As the words on these musty pages come alive, Elizabeth and Morgan begin to realize that their fates are connected to the isolated island in ways they never dreamed. While the discovery of Morgan's connection sheds light onto her own family mysteries, the faded pages of the journals will shake the foundation of everything Elizabeth thinks she knows and bring the secrets of the past into the light.… (more)

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I read this for the "Light" prompt of the 52 Book Club's December Mini Challenge. I wasn't too hooked by the beginning, it took a while for it to build up for me but once it did I couldn't put it down. I also should have saved this one for the 2021 challenge, it had deckled edges and an ending that I didn't see coming. ( )
  Linyarai | Mar 6, 2024 |
An amazing historical fiction book. I was also an assistant lightkeepers daughter. This book evoked so many memories. I did not live on an island but could see the lighthouse from the house I lived in.
I feel the author did so much research before she wrote this book. The lighthouse I was always around was on the ocean so it never froze.
Thanks to the author for this wonderful story. ( )
  greenspoint | Sep 3, 2023 |
Elizabeth is old and frailwith declining eyesight and about to die. With the help of of Morgan a deliquent teenager performing community service at the home, Elizabeth delves into the diaries left to her by her father. ( )
  janismack | Jul 17, 2023 |
I loved this book read it in three sittings. ( )
  LisaBergin | Apr 12, 2023 |
Thought this was great. No dark, easy read, well written, good characters, and unpredictable ( )
  MammaP | Feb 14, 2023 |
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So lovely was the loneliness Of a wild lake, with black rock bound, And the tall pines that towered around.

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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"Jean Pendziwol's beautifully written novel captured me from the very first page. Its descriptions of the windswept lightkeeper's station of Elizabeth's and Emily's youth are so crisply rendered I felt I was standing on its shores watching the great ships cross the stormy waters of Lake Superior. Even more than its vivid evocation of a unique time and place, The LightKeeper's Daughters is a sensitive and moving examination of the nature of identity, the importance of family, and the possibility of second chances."â??Heather Young, author of The Lose Girls

With the haunting atmosphere and emotional power of The Language of Flowers, Orphan Train, and The Light Between Oceans, critically acclaimed children's author Jean E. Pendziwol's adult debut is an affecting story of family, identity, and art that involves a decades-old mystery.

Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills the void with music and memories of her family, especially her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father's journals are discovered after an accident, the past suddenly becomes all too present.

With the help of Morgan, a delinquent teenager performing community service at her senior home, Elizabeth goes through the diaries, a journey through time that brings the two women closer together. Entry by entry, these unlikely friends are drawn deep into a world far removed from their own, to Porphyry Island on Lake Superior, where Elizabeth's father manned the lighthouse and raised his young family seventy years before.

As the words on these musty pages come alive, Elizabeth and Morgan begin to realize that their fates are connected to the isolated island in ways they never dreamed. While the discovery of Morgan's connection sheds light onto her own family mysteries, the faded pages of the journals will shake the foundation of everything Elizabeth thinks she knows and bring the secrets of the past into the light.

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