This the most heartbreaking, sweetest, honest, brutal, messiest and cry-worthy of stories! The subject matter is dark and yet it is dealt with a grace and beauty that alleviates the brooding atmosphere and moral ambiguity and transforms what could be a dense read into a relatable and evocative one. The landscape, story and the characters all came to life through the utter beauty of the writing and I now find myself longing to live in a lighthouse. Literary fiction at its finest!