A stunning debut from a new voice that I can't wait to hear again.'-Karen Brooks, author of Illumination Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable.Stedman's intricate descriptions of the craggy Australian coastline and her easy mastery of an old-time provincial vernacular are engrossing.

Review Quotes 'Sublimely written, poetic in its intensity and frailty.This is a simply beautiful story that deserves the praise and wide audience it's receiving. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. 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. Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. 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. After not having a child of her own, his wife Isabel hears a baby's cries in the wind.īook Synopsis The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg's Dreamworks is ' 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. with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page' ('O, The Oprah Magazine').

About the Book This months-long 'New York Times'-bestseller is 'irresistible.

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