The Light Between Oceans
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  • Published: 26 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448122820
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 21 min
  • Narrator: Noah Taylor
  • RRP: $21.99
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The Light Between Oceans

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A stunning debut novel about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who face a life-changing moral dilemma. For fans of The Island.

The crying persisted. The door of the ligthhouse clanged in the distance, and Tom's tall frame appeared on the gallery as he scanned the island with the binoculars. 'Izzy!' he yelled, 'a boat!' He vanished and re-emerged at ground level. 'It's a boat all right,' Tom declared. 'And – oh cripes! There's a bloke, but –' The figure was motionless, yet the cries still rang out. He hoisted out a woollen bundle: a woman's soft lavender cardigan wrapped around a tiny, screaming infant.

Tom Sherbourne, released from the horrors of the First World War, is now a lighthouse keeper, cocooned on a remote island with his young wife Izzy, who is content in everything but her failure to have a child.

One April morning, a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man - and a crying baby. Safe from the real world, Tom and Izzy break the rules and follow their hearts.

It is a decision with devastating consequences.


Australian actor NOAH TAYLOR made his name in critically acclaimed films such as The Year My Voice Broke and Shine, and has also appeared in high-profile blockbusters such as the two Lara Croft Tomb Raider films and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He recently starred in the accomplished British comedy Submarine.
  • Published: 26 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448122820
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 21 min
  • Narrator: Noah Taylor
  • RRP: $21.99
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About the author

M.L. Stedman

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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Praise for The Light Between Oceans

An extraordinary and heart-rending book about good people, tragic decisions, and the beauty found in each of them

Markus Zusak, author of THE BOOK THIEF

A moving tale. One of this year's must-reads

Stylist magazine

Mesmerising...the sheer passion and poetry of Stedman's prose carries us on a wave of emotion and heartbreak.

Women's Weekly

The Light Between Oceans unfurls in small acts, at first feeling slight to touch, then building in emotional substance. Into the spaces between words, Stedman breathes an anxiety and pulsating intensity that roils with the ocean and the lighthouse beacon.

Sydney Morning Herald

Pick of the month: The memorable and moving tale of one couple’s search for happiness

Woman and Home

A description of the extraordinary, sustaining power of a marriage to bind two people together in love, through the most emotionally harrowing circumstances.

Daily Mail

The characters are beautifully drawn...A completely unique read. ****

Heat Magazine

Book of the Week. Critics are buzzing about The Light Between Oceans, the gripping debut from M L Stedman.

Grazia Magazine

Awards & recognition

ALS Gold Medal Award

Longlisted  •  2012  •  ALS Gold Medal Award

Asher Literary Prize

Shortlisted  •  2013  •  Asher Literary Prize

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