Lighthousekeeping

Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver (My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal, part pirate.), an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr. Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast. Pew tells Silver stories of Babel Dark, a nineteenth-century clergyman. Dark lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love. For Silver, Dark's life becomes a map through her own darkness, into her own story, and, finally, into love.

One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling.

Author: Jeanette Winterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/03/2006
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780156032896
ISBN10: 0156032899
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths

About the Author
JEANETTE WINTERSON is the author of several works of fiction, essays, and, most recently, a children's picture book. Her numerous awards include the Whitbread First Novel Award, the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award. She lives in Oxfordshire and London.