The Light Between Oceans

　　從慘烈的戰場歸來，湯姆成為一座孤島上的燈塔看守人，與年輕的妻子伊莎貝一起過著與世隔絕的日子。伊莎貝對島上的生活一切都很滿意，除了遲遲生不出孩子這點之外。

　　某天早晨，一艘小船被沖上岸，上面載著一個已經斷了氣的男人，還有一個哭泣的嬰兒。湯姆原本打算依規定通報有關單位，伊莎貝卻堅持他們應該收養這名嬰兒。既然他們身處在距離法律很遙遠的地方，那麼只要他們不說，就沒有人會知道這件事。

　　但他們卻不知道，這個決定，將會為許多人帶來毀滅性的後果……

　　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.

　　★本書中譯版《為妳說的謊》由皇冠出版。

作者簡介

M. L. 史黛曼 M. L. Stedman

　　生於澳洲，現居倫敦。《為妳說的謊》是她的第一部小說，已在三十餘國出版，備受各方讚譽，並已由夢工廠買下電影版權。

　　本書於二○一二年出版後，立即入選ABA美國書商協會八月分「Indie Next List Great Read」第一名和美國愛書俱樂部佳句精選，最終並榮獲英國亞馬遜書店二○一二年度最佳處女作第四名和Goodreads網站二○一二年度最佳歷史小說，蟬連紐約時報、出版家週刊、美國書商協會等各大暢銷排行榜十餘週，累積銷量突破三十萬冊！

　　全書文字優美，氣氛迷人，情節深刻，不但讓十五位各國主編在讀完書稿後感動不已，親自撰文大力推薦，亞馬遜書店更有超過一千三百位讀者給予平均四顆半星的崇高評價，本書受到的重視與好評由此可見一斑，而一鳴驚人的史黛曼也已成為當前最受矚目的文壇新秀！

　　M.L. Stedman was born and raised in Western Australia and now lives in London. The Light Between Oceans is her first novel.