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The Lightkeeper’s Wife

The Lightkeeper’s Wife

Author(s): Karen Viggers

Location(s): Bruny Island, Tasmania

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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Mary lives in Hobart, and is triggered into going to Bruny Island, where she once lived with her husband, the lighthouse keeper there. Her decision, in her dying days, prompts division within her own family, yet her trip has longer term outcomes for those in her immediate vicinity.

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A lyrical and evocative description of place – Taylor –

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