The Lightkeeper's Wife
- ISBN-10
- 1742692451
- ISBN-13
- 9781742692456
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-01
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Author
- Karen Viggers
Description
A woman at the end of her life, a man unable to restart his, and a history of guilty secrets and things left unsaid--this is a powerful, moving novel of love, loss, and family Elderly and in poor health, Mary fulfills her wish to herself to live out her last days on Bruny Island off of Tasmania, with only her regrets and memories for company. Her late husband was the lighthousekeeper on Bruny, and she'd raised a family on the wild windswept island, until terrible circumstances forced them back to civilization. The long-buried secret that has haunted her for decades now threatens to break free,
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