the light between two oceans book review

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'Stedman grounds what could be a far-fetched premise, setting the stage beautifully to allow for a heart-wrenching moral dilemma to play out.' 'A polished, cleverly constructed and very precisely calculated first novel.' 'Book review: Childless lighthouse keeper, wife make life-changing choice in 'Light Between Oceans''. 'Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - review'. ↑ 'The Light Between Oceans: A Novel'.'Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander's 'Light Between Oceans' Lands Fall Release Date'. ↑ McClintock, Pamela (February 9, 2016).The Light Between Oceans won the 2013 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year and Debut Fiction Awards, made the 2013 longlist for the Miles Franklin Award, and the 2014 longlist of the International Dublin Literary Award. The Sydney Morning Herald noted that it 'is a work of such quality, insight and intrigue, it prompted an international bidding war among publishers.', and called it 'A remarkable, very readable, debut.' Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly both gave it starred reviews. The Denver Post criticized the book as 'somewhat predictable' but was positive on the work overall. Sue Arnold writing for The Guardian called it 'an extraordinary book' comparing the plot to Thomas Hardy's works. The novel received positive reviews upon publication. There they discover that 'there are other people in the world' and keeping the child 'has devastated one of them'. When the child is two years old, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland on leave. While there they informally adopt a baby girl who washes up in a lifeboat. He and his wife, Isabel, move to an isolated lighthouse, where they remain for several years. Australian Tom Sherbourne returns home after fighting in the Western Front trenches of World War I in Europe.

The light between two oceans book review