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The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg’s Dreamworks 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.
ASIN : 1451681755
Publisher : Scribner; Reprint edition (April 2, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 345 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781451681758
ISBN-13 : 978-1451681758
Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Customers say
Customers find the writing style beautiful and the characters fully realized. They also find the content thought-provoking, realistic, and imperfectly human. Readers describe the plot as moving and amazing. They describe the story as vivid, unforgettable, and heartbreaking. However, some find the pacing slow and the emotional tone overwhelmingly sad and wrenching. Opinions are mixed on the complexity, with some finding it complicated and subtle, while others say it’s predictable and contrived.
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