A touching emotional story that flows from melancholy to hope guided by the Lighthouse at the Edge of the World. is told from the perspectives of two characters that were never meant to know each other, or maybe they were always meant to know each other and alter each other's existences irrevocably. Charlie's world was shattered before she met Nera. Nera lived on a lonely fringe of the world before Charlie wandered in. Together they find love, and try to put the broken pieces of their lives together as they deal with grief, loss, and a mystery that the daughter of the lighthouse keeper has inherited. Mysticism and fantasy are cloaks for this moving, at times sad, and then hopeful tale. I don't know if others will agree but the sometimes comical dogs that guide the ghosts added a much-needed touch of lightness to the story so that I was not overwhelmed with sadness. But for those that get choked up at certain commercials, you might want to have a box of tissues ready.
I listened to the audiobook of this story and appreciated the talented narrators that brought feeling into the voices of Nera and Charlie.
I received the ALC thru NetGalley (for which I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher, Macmillan Audio) for an honest review. The opinion expressed here is my own.