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The Light Between Oceans (German Edition)
The Light Between Oceans - German Edition Author:M. L. Stedman Die Liebe fordert alles. — Australien. 1920. Als Tom Isabel zum ersten Mal sieht, ahnt er noch nicht, dass sie sein Schicksal verändern wird. Doch er weiß, dass er für diese Frau alles tun würde. Sechs Jahre später -- die beiden sind nun glücklich verheiratet und leben auf der einsamen Insel Janus Rock -- s... more »trandet an der Küste ein Ruderboot. An Bord: die Leiche eines Mannes -- und ein zappelndes Baby. Sofort schließt Isabel das kleine Mädchen in ihr Herz, und gegen Toms anfängliche Bedenken nehmen sie das Kind als ihr eigenes an. Doch als sie aufs Festland zurückkehren, müssen sie erkennen, dass ihre Entscheidung das Leben eines anderen Menschen zerstört hat...
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After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom's judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
M. L. Stedman’s mesmerizing, beautifully written novel seduces us into accommodating Isabel’s decision to keep this "gift from God." And we are swept into a story about extraordinarily compelling characters seeking to find their North Star in a world where there is no right answer, where justice for one person is another’s tragic loss.
The Light Between Oceans is exquisite and unforgettable, a deeply moving novel.