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.
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 sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and is published in 45 countries. In 2016 it was made into a Dreamworks film starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, produced by Heyday Films.
A love story that is both persuasive and tender
*The Sunday Times*
An extraordinary book . . . Unforgettable
*Guardian*
A description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage
to bind two people together in love
*Daily Mail*
It is not only the plot that it so compelling . . . What makes this
wonderful novel stand out is the cast of emotionally fragile
characters, all of whom inspire tremendous sympathy in the
reader
*Daily Express*
A moving tale . . . prepare to weep
*New York Times*
Irresistible . . . seductive . . . a high concept plot that keeps
you riveted from the first page
*Oprah Magazine*
A spectacularly sure storyteller . . . Reading The Light Between
Oceans is a total-immersion experience, extraordinarily moving.
*Monica Ali, author of BRICK LANE and LOVE MARRIAGE*
The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling
slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the
spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating
intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon
*Sydney Morning Herald*
The characters are beautifully drawn . . . A completely unique
read. ****
*Heat Magazine*
A moving tale. One of this year's must-reads
*Stylist Magazine*
Told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable . . . engrossing
. . . immediate and familiar
*The New Yorker*
Mesmerising . . . the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose
carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak
*Australian Woman's Weekly*
Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s
search for happiness
*Woman and Home*
A haunting story peopled with characters you care about
*Choice Magazine*
Lyrical . . . Stedman’s debut signals a career certain to deliver
future treasures
*People*
Stunning and memorable
*Booklist*
Heart-wrenching
*Publisher's Weekly*
Exquisite
*Kirkus*
Delicate and imaginative . . . beautifully written . . . deserves
every single bit of its success
*Scotsman*
Like a lighthouse, [The Light Between Oceans] shines a light in
dark places, and its emotional resonance will stay with you for
days
*Irish Examiner*
A thought-provoking debut novel . . . this beautifully delineated
tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the
happiness of those most dear to us, is moving without being
maudlin
*Boston Globe*
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