The Light Between Oceans, M.L. Stedman
The Light Between Oceans, M.L. Stedman
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The Light Between Oceans

Bestseller

Author: M.L. Stedman

Narrator: Noah Taylor

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/31/2012


Synopsis

The spectacular New York Times bestseller and major motion picture about a lighthouse keeper and his wife is "a beautifully delineated tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the happiness of those most dear" (The Boston Globe).

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.

About M.L. Stedman

M.L. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. The Light Between Oceans is her first novel.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Mary on 2013-10-21 10:40:21

I have read this book twice, I loved it so much. I had my book club read it and we gave it four stars out of four. Its amazing what one small lie can turn into to. Once it is done you cant take it back. How it impacted so many others was just so well written. There is not one section of this book that I did not love, you need to read it!

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 30, 2015

I am going to start with review with a disclaimer. This review is subjective, from my point of view etc. I thought this book was terrible, bad, no good. You don’t have to agree with me, and you could think that this was the most AMAZING book and your eyes almost exploded from all the awesomeness tha......more

Goodreads review by Gabe on December 17, 2015

The Light Between Oceans is an incredibly moving novel about what happens when good people make bad decisions. The story takes place in the town of Point Partageuse, Australia during the 1920s. The story begins when a light house keeper and his wife find a life boat containing a live baby (and dead......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on July 08, 2016

The book - 4 stars The audiobook - negative 1000 stars! (more on that later) This book was a soul crushing catch-22. The decisions the characters had to make and the options they are presented with range from totally awful to not all that great. It was interesting to read a book that felt the entire w......more

Goodreads review by jessica on May 25, 2020

i found this story to be rather simple, but theres a certain kind of attractiveness present in its simplicity. the uncomplicated nature of the storytelling really allowed me to not only imagine, but connect with, the loneliness of being the sole lighthouse keeper on an isolated island, the unforgivi......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on May 19, 2013

I just can’t do this. Halfway through, but cannot go on. There are people waiting for this library copy, and the library is calling it back in, so I am going to relinquish it to someone who actually wants to read it. Given the moral choices that form the heart of the plot, this could have been a muc......more