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It was the typical “there was something nasty in the woodshed” moment and rather than making the story or characters more intriguing, it just made me guess several of the twists early on. I like the idea of that shell being returned to the sea. All that travelling over millions of years, all that effort, rolling in the grind of the prehistoric wash, only to be spat up on a distant shore…’ Transported me effortlessly…Haunting, harrowing and heartbreaking, this is a novel that will stay with you.”–Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

Sharks are] cool torpedoes of blubber, sliced at the gills, equipped with teeth. Fat and teeth, that’s the thing. Needles in a bowl of curd.’And while much of the novel is inspired by history—particularly the Flannan Isles Disappearance of 1900—Stonex has also included just enough otherworldly strangeness to give The Lamplighters an eerie campfire air:

They appear as she remembers them, and Helen realizes that time has not aged them in her heart. Helen and Jenny exchange a wave, and she feels a sense of connection and understanding with them. As the book unfolds, we see the friendship between the three men grow and deepen, as they work together to keep the lighthouse running and support each other through their personal struggles.Stars. I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Canada for this atmospheric and haunting book. Its author, Emma Stonex, was inspired by the mysterious, unsolved disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in 1900 from a lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. Interesting accounts of this true disappearance can be found by googling the Eilean Mor lighthouse. For more experiences with lighthouses, we can recommend The Lighthouse by Alison Moore and The Lighthouse by P D James. You might also enjoy The Rising Tide by Sam Lloyd. I thought your description of grief was incredibly moving and beautifully written. Were you inspired by any other works of art that deal with grief when writing this section? Human beings are drawn to mysteries. Something in us leans towards the unknown, half afraid, half enthralled, always desperate to discover. Throughout history, people have sought other people’s stories – it’s what makes us social creatures, wanting to understand what happens to our fellow species and why. In the case of three lighthouse keepers stationed on Eilean Mòr, a remote island in the Outer Hebrides, who disappeared from their post without trace in December 1900, such answers have never surfaced. A hundred and twenty years later, what happened to them remains an enigma. Did these men drown in a heavy sea? Were they seized by forces earthly or otherwise? What impact did extreme isolation have on their states of mind? of any struggle or unusual occurrence. The only detail suggesting a hurried abandonment of the lighthouse, was

The writing is impeccable; she has a very lyrical style of description that some may find extraneous or detracting. I did not. I loved it. Once again, I love poetry. In 1900 three lighthouse keepers disappeared from the Eilean Mor lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. They were never found and there has been no explanation for their vanishing. In a well constructed novel, Emma Stonex reimagines this event by transposing the time to 1972 and the location to the rugged coast of Cornwall.The result is a multi layered novel that fuses atmosphere and mystery with personal and societal psychology.Although no one actually knows what happened, through the interviews with the women and some literary licence, Dan poses the story of what might have occurred. What Dan learns raises a whole lot of new questions. It wasn’t all sweet with the families, there were rivalries and jealousies and misunderstandings. On the part of the men, subjected to long periods of isolation there were also issues. Note: Be advised that there are spoilers ahead, so be entirely sure you want to continue reading. The Lamplighters Ending Explained As the story concludes, Helen sees two figures waiting for her under a yew tree, and she recognizes them as Jenny and Michelle, the wives of the missing lighthouse keepers. This book is not for everyone. I loved it; you may not. The author jumps between 1972 and 1992, as well as individual story lines for each character. Additionally, there are portions of dialogue that are written freeform with some punctuation, but only just. For some, you will not like the jumping around, the characters, or the free flowing dialogue, but I did - I do - because I love poetry. Twenty years later a best selling author wants to solve the mystery. He talks to the women left behind and we hear from the men themselves. All hold different parts of the story, things the know, that need to be put together. We also, and I enjoyed this, learn about how the men lived, worked, the setup of their living spaces.

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