The Lightkeeper's Wife

A Novel

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Pub Date Sep 09 2014 | Archive Date Sep 30 2014
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Description

Alone on the tip of the cape, Hannah Snow is on the verge of her most heroic rescue yet.

On 19th century Cape Cod, Hannah Snow shouldn't even be in the water. Her husband, John, would be furious-it's his job to tend to Dangerfield Light. It's certainly not women's work, and his quick trips out of town don't give her permission to rush toward the tattered ships. But she does, and though she can't save everyone, William "Billy" Pike, is someone she can. He's recuperating in her care when John's horse is found abandoned. Hannah invites Billy to stay as a hired hand-but soon discovers that he is not at all whom she thought he was. When everything holding her together falls apart, can Hannah learn how to save herself?

Alone on the tip of the cape, Hannah Snow is on the verge of her most heroic rescue yet.

On 19th century Cape Cod, Hannah Snow shouldn't even be in the water. Her husband, John, would be...


Advance Praise

“In The Lightkeeper’s Wife, Sarah Anne Johnson spins a riveting tale of piracy, shipwrecks, and 1800s New England life with an insightful and attentive eye on the roles of women so often overlooked by history. I was completely immersed in this world, and Hannah Snow’s powerful journey is one I will long remember.”
Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life and Crash Diet

The Lightkeeper’s Wife is a beautiful, stirring novel full of captivating mystery and clear-eyed emotion. The luminous characters are beacons that guide the reader through a narrative as thrilling, expansive, and dangerous as the sea at night.”
–Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This and Corpus Christi

“In The Lightkeeper’s Wife, Sarah Anne Johnson spins a riveting tale of piracy, shipwrecks, and 1800s New England life with an insightful and attentive eye on the roles of women so often overlooked...


Available Editions

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ISBN 9781402294785
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