Lighthousekeeping

Author(s): Jeanette Winterson

Fiction

Silver, an orphaned girl, is taken in by the mysterious old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast, who tells her stories about a 19th-century clergyman who lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love.


Product Information

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.

General Fields

  • : 9780156032896
  • : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
  • : Harcourt Children's Books
  • : 0.295
  • : 01 April 2006
  • : 203mm X 132mm X 15mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jeanette Winterson
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : FIC
  • : 252
  • : Illustrations, black and white