The Light Between Oceans A Novel

Set in Australia in the 1920s, the novel follows Tom Sherbourne, a World War I veteran and lighthouse keeper on the remote Janus Rock, and his young, loving wife, Isabel. Years into their isolated life, Isabel suffers a series of devastating miscarriages and a stillbirth, leaving her consumed by grief. Their lives change when a dinghy washes ashore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Against Tom's moral principles and better judgment, Isabel convinces him to report the incident as a death at sea and keep the baby, whom they name Lucy, as their own. Two years later, on a trip to the mainland, they learn that their choice has had devastating consequences: the baby's biological mother, Hannah Roennfeldt, is alive and desperately searching for her lost husband and infant. The story is a mesmerizing account of a moral dilemma and a tragic loss, exploring the idea that justice for one person is another's heartbreak.

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