From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling. Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a nineteenth-century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow, and the intertwining of myth and reality, of storytelling and experience, lead her through her own particular darkness. A story of mutability, talking birds and stolen books, of Darwin and Stevenson and of the Jekyll and Hyde in all of us, Lighthousekeeping is a way into the most secret recesses of our own hearts and minds. Jeanette Winterson is one of the most extraordinary and original writers of her generation, and this shows her at her lyrical best.

Such a lovely, lovely novel. Uniquely magical imagination and breathtakingly beautiful prose woven into stories that weave and flow. Stories within stories. Stories of beginnings. Stories to dream oneself into. Stories to bring oneself into being. Stories to navigate by.

As always, a number of the classic Winterson themes are here: love, loss, belonging, time, light, and of course storytelling. The end result is rich, beguiling and unforgettable.

Tell me a story, Silver . . .

Off on a journey to New Zealand as a wish list tag.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Sorry it’s taken so long.

Woohoo it's here! Thank you crimson-tide - I'm looking forward to reading this one after it gets off the towering Mt TBR, especially with your review - thanks :D