Penguin Modern Australian Classics: The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman

The mesmerising tale of love and loss as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series.

1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a quiet life, cocooned from the rest of the world.

Then one April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying infant – and the path of the couple’s lives hits an unthinkable crossroads.
Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they made that day – as the baby’s real story unfolds . . .

Published September 8, 2026