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A stunning debut novel about a lighthouse keeper and his wife. They break the rules and follow their hearts. What happens next will break yours.

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The crying persisted. The door of the ligthhouse clanged in the distance, and Tom´s tall frame appeared on the gallery as he scanned the island with the binoculars. ´Izzy!´ he yelled, ´a boat!´ He vanished and re-emerged at ground level. ´It´s a boat all right,´ Tom declared. ´And - oh cripes! There´s a bloke, but - ´ The figure was motionless, yet the cries still rang out. He hoisted out a woollen bundle: a woman´s soft lavender cardigan wrapped around a tiny, screaming infant.

Tom Sherbourne, released from the horrors of the First World War, is now a lighthouse keeper, cocooned on a remote island with his young wife Izzy, who is content in everything but her failure to have a child.

One April morning, a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man - and a crying baby. Safe from the real world, Tom and Izzy break the rules and follow their hearts.

It is a decision with devastating consequences.

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"A love story that is both persuasive and tender" The Sunday Times

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M.L. STEDMAN was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. The Light Between Oceans is her first novel. An award-winning international bestseller, the book has already sold over two million copies in around 40 languages. It has recently been made into a Dreamworks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, produced by Heyday Films.

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