The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
Registered by valpete of Walnut Creek, California USA on 3/4/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
9 journalers for this copy...
The premise of this book is quite interesting. A married couple, living alone as lighthouse keepers in the 1920s, discover a small boat that has run aground on their island. In the boat is a dead man and a live baby. Of course, what happens to everyone involved is the plot of the book. A dead man with a baby in a rowboat? Where's the mother? If the man is dead, why isn't the baby? Then, what to do, especially since the couple has experienced several miscarriages and is childless? These questions sucked me in quickly and I was very interested in how this plot would play out.
The human condition is very complicated, as we all know. This story captured the complexities and lines between love and hate, good and bad, right and wrong. Intriguing enough to compel the reader to consider the various moral dillemas from different perspectives and question what you would do in a similar situation.
The human condition is very complicated, as we all know. This story captured the complexities and lines between love and hate, good and bad, right and wrong. Intriguing enough to compel the reader to consider the various moral dillemas from different perspectives and question what you would do in a similar situation.
Starting a BookRay...
1. Icila, France
2. Kally93, Canada
3. Ravencat, US
4. PerryFran, US
5. Agrace, US
6. Wildflower37, US
7. JDT, US
8. Sunflowergalmmb, US
9. NancyNova
1. Icila, France
2. Kally93, Canada
3. Ravencat, US
4. PerryFran, US
5. Agrace, US
6. Wildflower37, US
7. JDT, US
8. Sunflowergalmmb, US
9. NancyNova
The book was safely waiting for me at home with my husband along with a few BC books when I came back from a holiday on the nearby sea-shore. Thanks a lot valpete !
Sorry for the delay and thank you valpete for your patience and your PM.
I had been busy with grandchildren, holidays and organizing a tour by coach to Portugal for my association which I lead. It's over now, eveybody happy and I have some times before the big summer holidays (children, grandchildren, etc...) in July !
So I read this book. It's deeply moving and I can't make my mind about the concerned characters. So sad but I loved every page.
Thanks for sharing valpete.
I had been busy with grandchildren, holidays and organizing a tour by coach to Portugal for my association which I lead. It's over now, eveybody happy and I have some times before the big summer holidays (children, grandchildren, etc...) in July !
So I read this book. It's deeply moving and I can't make my mind about the concerned characters. So sad but I loved every page.
Thanks for sharing valpete.
Released 10 yrs ago (7/2/2013 UTC) at La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, Pays de la Loire France
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On its way to Canada.
Book arrived safely. Thank you for sending it all that way!
I enjoyed this book. It had a very unique, interesting story. Sorry for taking so long with it. I actually finished it a while ago, but have very little computer access now that it is difficult for me to journal etc. Waiting for an address to send it on to the next person.
Journal Entry 8 by Kally93 at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Monday, January 13, 2014
Released 10 yrs ago (1/13/2014 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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This book went missing for a few months (just after the time I was trying to get a hold of Ravencat-who declined the book and PerryFran). Just when it looked like I was faced with replacing it, it showed up in the hands of my mother. I guess I lent it to her without realizing what book she had taken.
Now on it's way to PerryFran.
Now on it's way to PerryFran.
Received in the mail today. Thanks Kally for sending it on from Canada. I will get to this ASAP but I do have a couple in front of it to read.
I was really moved by this excellent first novel from M.L. Stedman and will be anxious to see what she comes up with as a followup. This story is about a young couple in the 1920's who serve on a lighthouse off the coast of Australia. The wife experienced 3 miscarriages and when a baby miraculously shows up on the island, the couple decides to raise her as their own (against the better judgment of the husband). This bad choice leads to some serious consequences 4 years later when it is discovered that the child's mother is still alive. A very emotionally charged novel that I would highly recommend!
Journal Entry 11 by 
perryfran
at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Thursday, January 30, 2014
perryfran at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Thursday, January 30, 2014
Released 10 yrs ago (1/30/2014 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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Sending this on to Agrace in Texas to continue this ring. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
arrived this afternoon! so excited to get it started!
I found it interesting that almost every character in this story had either lost a child or lost a mother or both. Some found their own strength, some were devastated; some used that loss to empathize with others, others were drawn into themselves. Our relationships and losses thereof shape us, but we have choices to make on how we allow them to shape us.
Arrived today. This looked intriguing. Adding to the stash & will look to move it along when done.
Bookray started by ValPete; The title refers to the lighthouse on Janus Island, which is situated between the Indian and Southern Oceans off the SW coast of Australia. Tom returns from WWI, and takes up the solitary job of lighthouse keeper. He meets Isabel during a leave & marries her. After multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth, a boat with a dead father and a live infant washes up on the lighthouse shore. In their isolation, they decide to keep the baby as their own, assuming she's a foundling. But when they get shore leave a few years later, they find that the mother is still alive, and grieving terribly. But against Tom's judgment, Isabel convinces him to stay quiet. But he leaves a note for the mother, starting a chain of events that's devastating to both families and others in the community. The story is very powerful throughout, until the ending, which while nice & what the reader wants, doesn't do the book justice.
This will continue on in a bookbox.
This will continue on in a bookbox.
Making PC to await the "New" bookbox.
Journal Entry 17 by 
NancyNova
at Bookbox in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, October 4, 2014
NancyNova at Bookbox in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, October 4, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (10/9/2014 UTC) at Bookbox in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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Released in the new book box.
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If you aren't familiar with Bookcrossing, take a few minutes to check out this very cool site. Bookcrossers LOVE books, and more than anything, they love to read books and then set them free for other people to find and enjoy. I would love it if you would leave a journal entry -- you can say where you found the book or how you liked it when you read it. Then, when you are ready, pass it along for someone else to enjoy! Thanks and happy reading!
Journal Entry 18 by freezone at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Thursday, November 13, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (11/13/2014 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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in new releases book box.
Chosen from the New Release Book Box.
I really found myself rooting for Isabel. Great first novel!
Off to Bamaforever!!! Just because I'm sure she needs some books and I need some room on my shelves!
Thank you for the birthday box. This sounds really interesting.
Journal Entry 23 by bamaforever at 2nd & Charles in Hoover, Alabama USA on Friday, February 28, 2020
I'm a very special book. I'm traveling the world in search of new friends. I hope I have found one in you. If you are my new owner please make a brief journal entry with my BCID number. You can read and release me for a new friend to read or keep me. It's your choice!
If you are new to bookcrossing and want to join please consider listing bamaforever as your referral. Welcome to bookcrossing!
Happy reading!
If you are new to bookcrossing and want to join please consider listing bamaforever as your referral. Welcome to bookcrossing!
Happy reading!
