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The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman (view source)
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|date=April 2012
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'''Richard and Judy Summer Reading List 2013'''
Thomas Sherbourne returns to Australia after World War I. Internally scarred like many of his generation, he chooses the solitary life of a lighthouse keeper on remote Janus Rock to escape the world and its conflict. However, he soon learns that there is one part of the world he can't live without – the sassy, beautiful Izzy Graysmark, a local from the nearest port and country town of Partaguese. They have a happy marriage in all respects apart from one: they're haunted by their inability to have children. Therefore, one day, when a boat washes up onto Janus bearing a dead man and a crying baby, apparent salvation arrives too.
I would like to thank the publisher for giving Bookbag a copy of this book for review.
If you've enjoyed this perhaps you'd like to try [[Bleakly Hall by Elaine di Rollo]]. Although the setting is very different, it also looks at the way that survivors of WWI cope with their homecoming. (A lighter read than it sounds.) You might also enjoy [[Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall]].
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