![]() The choices they make that day have a profound effect on Tom, Isabel and the closest supply town, Partageuse.Īnother novel dealing with a veteran adjusting to life after WWI is W. This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by Dreamworks, with David Heyman (Harry Potter) set to produce. Unlike some for whom the war broke inhibitions against unlawful behavior, for Tom it reinforced the sense that morality and ethics are key to a good and civilized life.Īfter a few years of living on Janus Rock with a supply ship visiting every six months and a break onshore every two years, a boat washes up on their shore one day. And Isabel Graysmark breaks through the isolation he's built around himself, convincing him that marrying her would be good. But the quiet routine of lighthouse keeping helps to soothe him. Tom Sherbourne has returned from the war and is having trouble finding an inner peace. ![]() It's soon after "The War to End All Wars", which later became known as World War I (WWI). ![]() ![]() The action is set in western Australia, mainly on Janus Rock, a small island with a lighthouse and no human inhabitants other than the lighthouse keeper, and when he has one, his family. ![]()
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