Like a lighthouse, shines a light in dark places, and its emotional resonance will stay with you for daysĪ thought-provoking debut novel. Stedman's debut signals a career certain to deliver future treasuresĭelicate and imaginative. Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple's search for happinessĪ debut novel that tears at the heart - the last pages had me weeping bucketsĪ haunting story peopled with characters you care aboutĮlegantly rendered. the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans, the gripping debut from M L Stedman Into the spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beaconīook of the Week. The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Reading The Light Between Oceans is a total-immersion experience, extraordinarily moving. a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first pageĪ spectacularly sure storyteller. What makes this wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile characters, all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the reader It is not only the plot that it so compelling. And as unforgettableĪ description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing. as inevitable as Hardy at his most doom-laden. This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by Dreamworks.

A love story that is both persuasive and tenderĪn extraordinary book.

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