{"id":1570,"date":"2012-11-19T21:43:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T21:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2015-04-04T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T19:55:24","slug":"the-light-between-oceans-by-m-l-stedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=1570","title":{"rendered":"The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1609\" title=\"The Light Between Oceans\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-Light-Between-Oceans1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Sherbourne has survived the horrors of World War I and trains to become a lighthouse keeper on a tiny island off the desolate coast of Western Australia. When a chance meeting with a young woman leads to enduring love, the couple settle on the island, and their marriage flourishes despite the harsh land and the isolation of their lives. \u00a0The one problem they cannot solve is \u00a0Isabel&#8217;s inability to have a child.\u00a0 So, when a small boat carrying a dead man and\u00a0a newborn infant washes onto their shore, it seems like the answer to their prayers.\u00a0 Their love for the child knows no bounds, so the decision to keep her simply evolves, and it is easy for Isabel to put thoughts of the child&#8217;s identity aside. But Tom struggles with the morality of the decision, setting the couple on the road to despair.<\/p>\n<p>The moral dilemma that the story presents is heartbreaking.\u00a0\u00a0The reader can clearly feel the desperation and loss that result from the couple&#8217;s tragic secret.\u00a0 This is a book that compels attention, making it hard to put down. \u00a0This is a riveting debut from Ms. Stedman that leaves the reader wanting more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Sherbourne has survived the horrors of World War I and trains to become a lighthouse keeper on a tiny island off the desolate coast of Western Australia. When a chance meeting with a young woman leads to enduring love, the couple settle on the island, and their marriage flourishes despite the harsh land and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=1570\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-linda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}