Lighthousekeeping - Jeanette Winterson

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.

Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver (My mother called me Silver.

I was born part precious metal, part pirate.

), an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr.

Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast.

Pew tells Silver stories of Babel Dark, a nineteenth-century clergyman.

Dark lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love.

For Silver, Dark's life becomes a map through her own darkness, into her own story, and, finally, into love.

One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling.