The Resource The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit)
The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit)
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The item The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- In the early 1900s, on a small island off the coast of Australia, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and his wife Isabel live a quiet, isolated life--until a boat carrying a dead man and an infant washes ashore. Childless, Isabel is determined to keep the baby as her own, so they don't report the incident. But when Tom and Isabel return to the mainland two years later, dire consequences await
- Language
- eng
- Edition
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- Book discussion group edition.
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 12 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Scribner, 2012 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451681734
- Label
- The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]
- Title
- The light between oceans
- Title remainder
- [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]
- Statement of responsibility
- M.L. Stedman
- Title variation
- Gab bags
- Subject
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- trueAustralia
- Australia -- Fiction
- trueBirthmothers
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- trueChildlessness
- Domestic fiction
- Foundlings -- Fiction
- trueGrief in women
- Group reading
- trueIsland life
- trueLighthouse keepers
- trueLighthouses
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueOrphans
- Married people -- Fiction
- trueSocial isolation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the early 1900s, on a small island off the coast of Australia, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and his wife Isabel live a quiet, isolated life--until a boat carrying a dead man and an infant washes ashore. Childless, Isabel is determined to keep the baby as her own, so they don't report the incident. But when Tom and Isabel return to the mainland two years later, dire consequences await
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2013.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2013.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2013.
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2012.
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers' Choice Award, 2013.
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- 10120437
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stedman, M. L
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.4.S735
- LC item number
- L54 2012
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Williamsburg Regional Library
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Married people
- Foundlings
- Australia
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Group reading
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit)
- Link
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Scribner, 2012 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 345 pages
- Accompanying material
- 1 resource notebook
- Carrier category
- object
- Carrier category code
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- nr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- three-dimensional form
- Content type code
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- tdf
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
-
- Book discussion group edition.
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 12 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Isbn
- 9781451681734
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011050244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 760977596
- (OCoLC)760977596
- Label
- The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit)
- Link
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Scribner, 2012 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 345 pages
- Accompanying material
- 1 resource notebook
- Carrier category
- object
- Carrier category code
-
- nr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- three-dimensional form
- Content type code
-
- tdf
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
-
- Book discussion group edition.
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 12 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Isbn
- 9781451681734
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011050244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 760977596
- (OCoLC)760977596
Subject
- trueAustralia
- Australia -- Fiction
- trueBirthmothers
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- trueChildlessness
- Domestic fiction
- Foundlings -- Fiction
- trueGrief in women
- Group reading
- trueIsland life
- trueLighthouse keepers
- trueLighthouses
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueOrphans
- Married people -- Fiction
- trueSocial isolation
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- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- trueNielsen BookData Australian Booksellers' Choice Award
- trueGoodreads Choice Awards: 2012
- trueAustralian Classics
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Book of the Year
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Awards
Awards of The light between oceans : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], M.L. Stedman, (kit)- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year, 2013.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2013.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2013.
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2012.
- Award
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers' Choice Award, 2013.
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