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    Dark becomes light

    Oct 30, 2023 2 minutes

    LIGHT KEEPING: A NOVEL

    by Adrienne Jansen

    (Quentin Wilson, $37.50)

    “Jansen is an expert scene-setter.

    Lighthouses have a special place in New Zealand’s psyche. Lighthouse keepers are now part of our past, icons of nostalgia, but lighthouse stories are still stories of the sea, historically important for our coastal nation. Put a lighthouse on the front of your

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