《為妳說的謊》電影原著小說

【失去與擁有的痛如何衡量The Light Between Oceans】

By M. L. Stedman

回到澳洲在岸邊當燈塔守護員的Tom Sherbourne，與美麗的Isabel相遇，兩人一見鍾情。婚後不料命運弄人，Isabel兩次流產以及以次胎死腹中，悲痛欲絕的她在心碎中發現海上一艘小船，他們把船拉上岸後發現一名男性屍體與一個哇哇大哭的小嬰兒，Isabel以為無法當母親的失落再也找不到出口，天賜嬰兒任何一個母親都不會放手的吧，就這樣把小女嬰養大。但是時的真相不可能永遠被抹滅，當小女嬰的親生母親出現，看顧的墓碑也冰冷的提醒Isabel與Tom這個事實。道德兩難的抉擇，該不該告訴親生母親小女孩的來歷？
這個美麗、刻劃幸福與痛苦與悲傷的故事，讓人一讀深深著迷無法放手。

The years-long New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Best Historical Novel that is “irresistible…seductive…with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page” (O, The Oprah Magazine)—soon to be a major motion picture from Spielberg’s Dreamworks starring Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz, and Alicia Vikander, and directed by Derek Cianfrance.

After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.

Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.

“Elegantly rendered…heart-wrenching…beautifully drawn” (USA TODAY), The Light Between Oceans is a gorgeous debut novel, not soon to be forgotten.