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https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Light-Between-Oceans-Audiobook/B008KOBO6W?ref=a_l... Loved this book. Kept my interest throughout. Everyone in my bookclub loved it as well. Can't wait to read more from this author. Did this as an audiobooks. The narrator, Noah Taylor, did an excellent job. WW1 vet Tom wants peace after 4-years of war. He becomes a lighthouse keeper on an extremely remote island. Tom and Isabel want to start a family but tragedy strikes over and over. Then one day a small boat washes up with a dead man and a tiny baby inside. This was a gorgeous book about love, loss, and how far someone will go to have their deepest desire. I loved it. It is a gut wrenching read and I advise you do NOT finish it in a public place. Wow, talk about writing that absolutely draws you in from the first chapter. Such beautiful descriptions of the loneliness and stark beauty of the sea in 1924 Australia as a lighthouse keeper and his wife discover a dead man and a lost baby. The novel reverts back to the history that brought the couple there, and it’s absolutely impossible to put down. The author has such a beautiful way with words. The light keeper and his wife have lived a lovely life isolated 100 miles from shore for several years, but it hasn’t been without tragedy, as they have lost several pregnancies. So when a baby shows up, the dingy landing by chance on a piece of land with nothing surrounding it for 100 miles, wouldn’t it seem like fate? It is so hard not to sympathize with these characters and the choices they make. Of course, then the story gets more complex, you start to see things from the other side, and as they aren’t the only players involved any more, this happily ever after starts to feel a bit more tarnished. This was SO hard to put down. Absolutely captivating storytelling. Trigger Warnings: Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
Light" is a story you want to finish, despite some predictability problems. I cared about Tom and Isabel, and cheered for them even as they betrayed each other. And I was charmed by the supporting cast of characters (Bluey and Ralph in particular). Stedman's grasp of the dialect of the region's inhabitants and dialogue fitting for the era are admirable. Her writing is sound, if sometimes uninspiring, but every so often she throws out a gorgeous line that you have to stop and read twice to appreciate, like this one: "A goblin thought jumps onto her shoulder: what's the point of tomorrow?" Or, "The rain is falling more heavily, and in the distance, thunder grumbles at being left behind by the lightning." Nice. First-time novelist Stedman did what all good writers should do: She got her readers emotionally invested in her story. As if you needed it, here's more proof that this novel is worth your time: The film rights have already been picked up. The miraculous arrival of a child in the life of a barren couple delivers profound love but also the seeds of destruction.......A polished, cleverly constructed and very precisely calculated first novel As time passes, the harder the decision becomes to undo and the more towering is its impact. This is the story of its terrible consequences. But it is also a description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances. Light Between Oceans' is tough to shake off....And to the author's credit, Light's resolution is neither sensationalistic nor overly tidy. Everyone in this book has to make tough choices, including the little girl. By letting neither her readers nor her characters off the hook easily, Stedman creates a bond that makes her book tough to shake off. Belongs to Publisher SeriesHas the adaptationHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a student's study guide
"A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore"-- No library descriptions found.
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