![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then he meets Isabel, a young woman ten years younger than himself, and she has made up her mind that she wants to marry him. In many respects he is able to pick up his life again but his choice to be a lighthouse keeper is influenced by his desire for a solitary life, a direct result of both his unsettled upbringing and the trauma of war. Memories of the war haunt him and he struggles with the fact that so many others did not return, or did so maimed and psychologically ruined. Without giving away too much of the plot…the story takes place in the years after The Great War and centres around Tom Sherbourne, a young man who becomes a lighthouse keeper upon his return from active service. It is set in Western Australia where the author was born and raised, and is a well-written and heart-wrenching story. Stedman’s 2012 award-winning debut novel. ![]()
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