The Light Between Oceans
M. L. Stedman | Hard Cover | September 2026
The mesmerising tale of love and loss as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series
1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a quiet life, cocooned from the rest of the world.
Then one April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying infant – and the path of the couple’s lives hits an unthinkable crossroads.
Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they made that day – as the baby’s real story unfolds . . .
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Author Info
M. L. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia, and now lives in London. Her first novel, The Light Between Oceans, has sold five million copies worldwide.
Her new novel, A Far-flung Life, will publish in March 2026.
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