First published 2004
Silver is taken in by the blind keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. As the aged man recounts stories of a 19th-century clergyman who led a paradoxical life, Silver listens with rapt attention. Through the keeper's lyrical tales, she discovers the power of love to transcend even the darkest of times.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cape Wrath
Period: 19th-century
330 pages · Hardcover · ISIS Publishing