![]() She wants to keep the child as their own. When a dinghy carrying a dead man and a crying infant washes up on the shore, Isabel, desperate for a child, convinces Tom not to report the appearance of the boat. Isabel adjusts to life on Janus, but after three miscarriages, she is depressed and lonely. ![]() Their marriage gives him hope for happiness after the war. For Tom, who carries emotional scars from the war, Janus Rock is a refuge, and he takes comfort in the simple and straightforward rules of “the Lights.”ĭuring his infrequent shore leaves to Point Partageuse, Tom falls in love with Isabel Graysmark, a bold, fearless girl guided only by her heart. ![]() In 1918, after returning from the First World War, war hero Tom Sherbourne accepts a position as a lighthouse keeper on the remote island of Janus Rock, a hundred miles off the coast of Australia. All citations in this guide are based on the 2012 Scribner edition, accessed via. ![]()
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