this was a great read found it hard to put down. A very moving and emotional book about a couple who meet, Tom who has been to war and is somewhat traumistied by it and a younger woman Issy who is happy to be with him, they love each other deeply and move to a lighthouse to live, Tom works here, and this is where one day a boat turns up with a dead man and a crying baby onboard, Issy is Captivated by this little one as she has suffered lossbut in there doing what they feel is right for the time may not be and what follows is a great story, very descritive of the area of Aurtralia in the 1920s a great debut novel.