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The Lantern Keeper
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On a wind-bitten island where the lighthouse has never once gone dark, a young keeper inherits a duty far older than the lamp she tends. A spellbinding, lyrical debut about grief, memory, and the small lights we keep for one another.
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For three generations, the Halloran family has kept the lamp at Cape Mirren burning. When Saoirse returns to the island to bury her grandmother, she expects to sell the cottage and leave the salt air behind for good. Instead she finds a logbook of names — every ship the light has ever saved, and a few it never could.
As winter closes the harbour, Saoirse begins to understand that the lighthouse keeps more than ships from the rocks. The Lantern Keeper is a tender, atmospheric meditation on inheritance, the weight of memory, and learning to forgive the people who loved us imperfectly.
What readers are saying
"A debut of rare warmth and craft. I read the last fifty pages by lamplight and wept." — The Harbour Review
| Author | Maeve Halloran |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Tidewater Press |
| Format | Hardcover (also in paperback & eBook) |
| Pages | 384 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | 15.6 × 23.4 cm |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-09382-114-7 |
| Published | March 2026 |
★★★★★ "Couldn't put it down" — Priya N., verified buyer
A slow-burning, beautiful book. Halloran writes the sea like she's lived beside it her whole life.
★★★★★ "Perfect gift" — Tom R., verified buyer
Bought it for my mother and ended up reading it first. The signed edition is gorgeous.
★★★★☆ "Quietly powerful" — Aisha B., verified buyer
Takes its time, but the final act is worth every page. Wonderful debut.