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Feb 01, 2019goddessbeth rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a lovely historical fiction heartbreak of a novel, set in Western Australia in the few decades following WWI. It's well-written, with a slow, contemplative pace and plenty of tugs on the heartstrings. The author clearly did their research regarding Australia's lighthouses, and what life in a small coastal town in that era must have been like. I enjoyed it, and only removed a star because while the MC (Tom) is really well-rounded, I felt like Isabel only became a character with autonomy as a reaction to the existence of Lucy, which meant that she never felt like a real character to me. And maybe that was the point (that Isabel had character and life beneath the surface only as a mother), but I would've liked to have connected more to her.