Note, this is my second favorite book I have read this year. A deep and rich narrative following Tom and Izzy, a married couple who live on the desolate isle of Janus, where Tom is the Keeper of the Lighthouse. However the picturesque life on Janus is marred by several things, isolation, back breaking work and Izzy's devastating miscarriages.
After a heartbreaking still birth, as Izzy buries the body of her baby, she hears another baby cry. Desperately racing to find the child she and Tom discover a baby girl in a wrecked boat, laying beside the body of her dead father, as Tom deals with the wreckage Izzy scoops the baby up into the house and forms a plan that will change the rest of their lives.
Convincing Tom not to report what has happened and to keep the child as their own, they name her Lucy and begin the start of a wonderful life together.
However, as the truth begins to haunt them and their life balances on an edge, Tom is faced with a difficult decision and his choice is heartbreaking to read.
This book is so beautiful, so haunting and by the end it had me in tears. Tom and Izzy are complete opposites and yet you remain torn between the both of them and their actions from start to finish.
5 out of 5. A stunning and moving read.
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