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I almost gave up on this book. I just thought the beginning was too descriptive and I wan't in the mood for a really discriptive book. But I am SOO glad I didn't. It was such a good book which makes you question the decisions the characters make and how their lives would be different with different decisions. Very good. This would be a great discussion book for a book club.
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Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia after fighting in WWI and becomes a lighthouse keeper. While tended the light on Janus Tom gets shore leave in Partaguese where he meets and marries Isabel. There life is tainted by the grief of Isabel's two miscarriages and one stillbirth when a baby and a dead body wash up in a rowboat on the island. Their decision to keep the baby and raise her as their own has far reaching repercussions. A gut twisting story. I could identify with the motives and feelings
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