The Light Between Oceans

The captivating and beautiful years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture, now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.<BR><BR>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. <BR> <BR> 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.

Das perfekte Sommerbuch über die unvergängliche Kraft der Liebe!Westaustralien 1958: Seit Generationen lebt die Familie der MacBrides auf der entlegenen Schaffarm Meredith Downs. Bis eines Tages ein Unfall alles ändert. Während der Vater und der älteste Sohn ihr Leben verlieren, übersteht der 17-jährige Matthew das Unglück nur knapp. Doch als er aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen wird, schlägt das Schicksal ein zweites Mal zu: Ausgerechnet Matthews Rückkehr nach Meredith Downs kostet ein weiteres Mitglied der MacBrides das Leben, während ein anderes das seine opfert, um ein unschuldiges Kind zu retten. Matt steht vor einer schmerzhaften Zerreißprobe ...'Das ist, was man im allerbesten Sinn einen großartigen Schmöker nennt - ich war für Tage darin versunken. [...] Wir haben es mit einer ergreifenden Geschichte von Schuld, Unschuld, Zufall, von zerstörten Leben, von vorsichtiger Liebe und von all dem zu tun, was das Leben groß, tragisch, wunderbar, überwältigend oder manchmal auch kaum zu ertragen macht!' Elke Heidenreich'Mein Buch des Jahres! Ein ganz großes Lesevergnügen mit einem der schönsten Enden, die ich je gelesen habe. Ich beneide jeden, der dieses Buch noch vor sich hat - solche Bücher gibt es nur alle zehn Jahre.' Dora Heldt'Was einer schwächeren Autorin zu einer kitschigen Familiensaga geriete, wird durch Stedmans feines Stilempfinden zu einem bewegenden Roman über Verlust und das, was uns prägt und hält.' Denis Scheck¿ Für Fans von emotionalen literarischen Familienromanen.¿ Westaustralien als majestätische, symbolische Erzählkulisse.¿ Ein Roman, der nicht vor Schmerz zurückschreckt - und gerade dadurch tief berührt.M.L. Stedman legt wie keine Zweite den Finger auf die ganz großen zwischenmenschlichen Konflikte - und macht aus ihnen eine überwältigende und heilsame Leseerfahrung.

THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBy the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans'This beautifully-drawn novel reads like a Greek Tragedy set in the Outback, with protagonists of high moral character befallen by misfortune. And you'll root for the gods/Stedman to give them the grace they deserve' Amazon Editor's Pick______'A gorgeous feast of a novel about family, community and love' RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Homemade God' I have so much love for these characters. Truly brilliant' FLORENCE KNAPP, author of The Names'Masterful' GUARDIANOutback Western Australia, 1958. For generations, the MacBrides have lived on a remote sheep station, Meredith Downs. A million arid acres, it's an ocean of land, where the weather is a capricious god, and time still roams untamed.One ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered.Fate comes for them again, in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child.Matt, the youngest MacBride, is plunged into a moral and emotional journey, as he is forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and happiness.A sweeping, heart-wrenching, warm-hearted novel of family and belonging, of compassion and hope, and a powerful testament to the enduring strength of love._______READERS ADORE A FAR-FLUNG LIFE:***** I was completely engrossed*****At times I laughed out loud, at times I cried. Unforgettable*****This didn't feel so much like reading a book as it did watching a family*****Not enough stars for this one. Go read it*****My book of the year'I was completely swept away' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'Epic, intimate and aching. I loved it' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace'My read of the year so far' DAILY MAIL'Uplifting, moving, utterly absorbing' IRISH TIMES'Truly a masterpiece. The kind of book you will remember for the rest of your life' JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep'This sweeping novel aches with life's impossible choices, thrums with love and pain, and imprints itself on your heart.' JOANNA GLEN, author of All My Mothers'One of those rare books that fill the soul' DONAL RYAN, author of Heart be at Peace and The Spinning Heart'M L Stedman lands every blow' New York Times'An Australian Gone with the Wind' Sydney Morning Herald

Isabel ama la luce del faro tra gli oceani, che rischiara le notti. E adora le mattine radiose, con l'alba che spunta prima lì che altrove, quasi quel faro fosse il centro del mondo. Per questo ogni giorno scende verso la scogliera e si concede un momento per perdersi con lo sguardo tra il blu, nel punto in cui i due oceani, quello australe e quello indiano, si stendono come un tappeto senza confini. Lì, sull'isola remota e aspra abitata solo da lei e suo marito Tom, il guardiano del faro, Isabel non ha mai avuto paura. Si è abituata ai lunghi silenzi e al rumore assordante del mare. Ma questa mattina un grido sottile come un volo di gabbiani rompe d'improvviso la quiete dell'alba. Quel grido, destinato a cambiare per sempre la loro vita, è il tenue vagito di una bambina, ritrovata a bordo di una barca naufragata sugli scogli, insieme al cadavere di uno sconosciuto. Per Isabel la bambina senza nome è il regalo più grande che l'oceano le abbia mai fatto. È la figlia che ha sempre voluto. E sarà sua. Nessuno lo verrà a sapere, basterà solo infrangere una piccola regola. Basterà che Tom non segnali il naufragio alle autorità, così nessuno verrà mai a cercarla. Decidono di chiamarla Lucy. Ben presto quella creatura vivace e sempre bisognosa d'attenzione diventa la luce della loro vita. Ma ogni luce crea delle ombre. E quell'ombra nasconde un segreto pesante come un macigno, più indomabile di qualunque corrente e tempesta Tom abbia mai dovuto illuminare con la luce del suo faro.