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"A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore"--
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- M. L. Stedman
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781451681765
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