Richard and Judy summer bookclub read 2013, Goodreads category winner, and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013, stunning story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who face a life-changing moral dilemma. A boat washes up on the shore of a remote lighthouse keeper's island. It holds a de[...]

This months-long New York Times bestseller is "irresistible...seductive...with 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 o[...]

Would you accept a chance for happiness even if it wasn't yours to have? This is a story about a lighthouse keeper and his wife, who live on a lonely island with just seagulls, stars and buffeting winds for company. It's about a tiny baby and a dead man in a boat that drifts ashore one April morning[...]

The debut of a stunning new voice in fiction-- a novel both heartbreaking and transcendent 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,[...]

This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by Dreamworks, with David Heyman (Harry Potter) set to produce. It is the winner of three prestigious ABIA awards, including their 'Book of the Year', and also won the [...]

Etter fire rystende år på vestfronten, vender Tom Sherbourne hjem til Australia og får seg jobb som fyrvokter på Janus Rock, en halv dags seilas fra land. Til denne isolerte øya, hvor forsyningsbåten kommer en gang i sesongen, tar Tom med seg sin kone Isabel. Årene går, og bringer med seg en[...]

En berättelse om rätt och fel, och hur det ibland inte går att skilja dem åt.Efter fyra uppslitande år vid första världskrigets västfront återvänder Tom Sherbourne till Australien och tar anställning som fyrvaktare på Janus Rock, en ensligt belägen ö nästan en halv dagsresa från kust[...]

Ensimmäisestä maailmansodasta kotiutunut majakanvartija Tom ja hänen nuori vaimonsa Isabel asuvat kaksin täysin eristyksissä olevalla saarella Australian rannikolla. Vastavihityn parin onnea varjostaa ainoastaan kipeä epäonni lapsen saannissa. Rajun myrskyn jälkeen ja jälleen yhden pitkäll[...]