Review Quotes Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable.Stedmans intricate descriptions of the craggy Australian coastline and her easy mastery of an old-time provincial vernacular are engrossing. 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 Toms 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 babys 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 days journey from the coast.
Book Synopsis The years-long New York Times bestseller soon to be a major motion picture from Spielbergs Dreamworks that is a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page (O, The Oprah Magazine). About the Book 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.
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