After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, tom sherbourne returns home to take a job as the lighthouse keeper on janus rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the s...After four harrowing years fighting on the Western Front, tom sherbourne returns home to take a job as the lighthouse keeper on janus rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, isabel.