![]() LOCATION: Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112ĪDMISSION PACKAG e: $16.00 plus Kansas Sales Tax includes One Softcover of The Light Between Oceans, One Stamped Autographing Admission Ticket and One Guest Ticket (if needed). As the couple at the lighthouse are drawn into an increasingly tragic set of consequences, these remote, strange lives are rendered immediate and familiar” ( The New Yorker). Stedman’s intricate descriptions of the craggy Australian coastline and her easy mastery of an old-time provincial vernacular are engrossing. Stedman’s "elegantly rendered and heart-wrenching novel" ( USA TODAY), is “told with the authoritative simplicity of a fable. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. ![]() Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. To this isolated island where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. ĪBOUT THE NEW BOOK: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. ![]() The Light Between Oceans is her debut novel. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. Stedman will present her Bestselling Book The Light Between Oceans.ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR: M.L.
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