This is a quick read that has a lot of lighthouse metaphors to help guide our characters to discover who they are, who they are meant to be and their life's purpose. Both Audrey and Harry were drawn to Palmer Island because of the lighthouse, and you will see tons of metaphors and imagery revolving around lighthouses in this book to describe their journeys as well.
Audrey is a retired librarian who is writing her own book. After caring for her bitter mother who told her that writing was just a hobby and not a real career, Audrey feels that most of her chances had passed her, as she had let circumstances choose for her. She feels all that's left is to make the most of the hand she had chosen.
She sees a piece of driftwood that would make a great mantle piece to serve as a reminder of her stay on Palmer Island, and ends up falling into the water and twisting her ankle trying to retrieve it.
Enter Harry, a retired firefighter who doesn't know how to turn off the need to help others now that it isn't his job. He was forced into early retirement due to some heart issues, and seems to be hanging around the Pelican Inn trying to find his purpose.
Miss Doris, a character with a metaphor for everything, describes these two the best, "Two people at crossroads, both a little lost, both a little stubborn..."
After talking with Harry on the beach about what it was like being a firefighter, Audrey begins to see why she was having so much trouble writing her story. The story that she thought she should write, was not the story that was asking to be written. Art imitates life, and Audrey and Harry both have to find the courage to accept that the story they each thought they were writing, was not the story they were meant to be living out.
Harry reminds of a pretty important thing when Audrey reminds him that she doesn't need rescuing, "But everybody needs cookies." Grab some of your favorite cookies, and settle in for an enjoyable read.
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