The Lightkeeper's Daughters

Product Description [Read by Dara Rosenberg, Dawn Harvey, and Tom Parks] In her mesmerizing adult debut set on the shores of the Great Lakes, critically acclaimed children's author Jean E. Pendziwol delivers an affecting story of family, identity, and art involving a decades-old mystery. Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's bones have aged and her eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills her days at the retirement home with music and with memories of her family, especially of her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father's journals are discovered after a tragic accident, she seizes the opportunity to piece together the mysteries of her childhood. With the help of Morgan, a delinquent teenager performing community service at the home, Elizabeth delves into the diaries -- a journey through time that brings the two women closer together. Each entry draws these unlikely friends deep into a world far removed -- to Porphyry Island on Lake Superior, where Elizabeth's father served as lighthouse keeper and raised his young family in the years before and during World War II. As a complex web of secrets unravels, Elizabeth and Morgan realize that their fates are connected to each other and to the isolated island in ways that are at once heartbreaking and healing. Both sweeping and intimate, The Lightkeeper's Daughters takes readers on an enthralling journey to an unforgettable place. Review ''Captured me from the very first page. . . . Crisply rendered. . . . A sensitive and moving examination of the nature of identity, the importance of family, and the possibility of second chances.'' (Heather Young, author of The Lost Girls)''A new kind of love story, a celebration of unlikely human connections. . . . Jean Pendziwol's storytelling prowess held me fast to the page.'' (Angie Abdou, author of The Bone Cage)''The Lightkeeper's Daughtersis a splendid feat of storytelling that held me happily spellbound from the opening pages to the satisfying final sentence.'' (Nancy Richler, author of The Imposter Bride)''The past and present collide with stunning force in The Lightkeeper's Daughters. . . . Set against the richly evoked landscape of Lake Superior, The Lightkeeper's Daughters is a novel about memory, about the inexorable forces of place, and, above all, about family.'' (Michelle Richmond, author of The Year of Fog)''In her first foray into adult fiction, Pendziwol (Once upon a Northern Night, 2013, etc.) has created an intricately satisfying story about love and deception that manages to be both melancholy and exhilarating.A haunting tale of nostalgia and lost chances that is full of last-minute surprises.'' --(Kirkus Reviews)''A perfect hammock read for those who love the Brontë sisters and Jodi Picoult in equal measure.'' --(Publishers Weekly)''This atmospheric novel tells an intricate story about familial love and deception. . . . VERDICT: Fans of Heather Young and Jojo Moyes might want to look into Jean Pendziwol this summer.'' --(Library Journal) About the Author Jean E. Pendziwol was born in Thunder Bay on the shores of Lake Superior and spent much of her childhood aboard her family's sailboat exploring the islands and bays of the inland sea. After working as a freelance writer and photographer, she spent several years focusing on raising her three children before publishing her first children's book. She lives in Ontario, in the shadow of the Nor'Wester Mountains, with her husband, two of her three adult children, a loveable mutt, and three temperamental chickens, who sometimes lay eggs.