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epub | 7.99 MB | English| Isbn:9780156032896 | Author: Jeanette Winterson | Year: 2006
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Quote: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.Category:Fiction, Literature, World Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Literary Fiction, English, Scottish, & Welsh Fiction, Family & Friendship - Fiction, Women's Fiction, English Fiction - 21st Century, Orphans - Fiction, Women around the World
One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling.