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The Light Between Oceans
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  • Published: 8 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761620607
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Light Between Oceans

Formats & editions
Paperback
19 Mar 2018
Hardback
8 Sept 2026
EBook
20 Mar 2012
Audiobook
26 Apr 2012
Paperback
17 Oct 2016
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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: 8 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761620607
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

M.L. Stedman

M. L. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia, and now lives in London. Her first novel, The Light Between Oceans, has sold five million copies worldwide.

Her new novel, A Far-flung Life, will publish in March 2026.

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Awards & recognition

The Indie Awards

Winner  •  2012  •  The Indie Awards

Miles Franklin Award

Longlisted  •  2012  •  Miles Franklin Award

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