I was relieved but like many of you no doubt, fearful of what would unfold once Tom was charged by the Police. Even though I suspect many of us had serious reservations about Isabel, it was hard to deny the strength of the bond between her and Lucy-Grace and their separation (and subsequent contact) was absolutely heart wrenching. Secondly, I think that because, as readers, we weren’t introduced to Hannah until much later in the book, the attachment we had as readers to Isabel and Lucy was hard to break as well. Firstly, because as readers, we knew the heartbreak and trauma Isabel and Tom had suffered including the stillbirth of their son and previous miscarriages just months before Lucy-Grace’s arrival. When I reflected afterwards about why I was so sympathetic towards Tom and Isabel (when really, they deprived a child from her mother from birth to 3 years), I think there were two reasons. It was the arrival of the baby Lucy-Grace, almost a miracle to Isabel, that was the critical event in the book. The setting of the book was critical to the story too – I can’t imagine how a couple would come to care for a baby in total isolation, not knowing the origins of the child in any other way. The premise of this book was a little far fetched to me but the moral conundrum posed was an effective way to explore the characters. I didn’t know what I thought was the “right” ending as well.
I think this is because I couldn’t predict where the story would end (I always like to play the game “predict the ending”). How did you find it? It was only once I hit the last third of the book, that I was completely hooked. But I was intrigued.įriends who read this were immediately hooked. I might have studied Australian history and politics at Uni but I knew jack about life as a lighthouse keeper in Western Australia in between the World Wars. It took me a little bit of persistence to get going as I found the initial pace slow and the historical setting quite foreign. So when I picked it up over my summer holiday to read it, I really had no idea what it was about. This book was highly recommended to me, but nothing in particular was said about it, other than a vague mention that it was a sad book, beautifully written. What did you think of it? Had you heard much about it before you read it? With the movie rights having been sold too, the movie will hopefully be coming to your local cinema in the not too distant future. The Light Between Oceans has been an international bestseller, winning numerous awards ( source). Stedman, the debut novel of an Australian lawyer (now writer) who now lives in London. This month we are discussing The Light Between Oceans, by M.L.
Welcome to this month’s book club discussion.
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