The Dog-Eared Review
The Girl in the Lighthouse by Roxane Tepfer Sanford seems at first glance to be a nice well-told story about a girl growing up on an island in the North East just after the Civil War. Sanford captures the period well as she introduces young Lillian Arrington. Lillian’s idyllic world is shattered with the death of her strange but beautiful mother and her life becomes unbearable at her Grandmother’s crumbling plantation mansion. Shadows of V.C. Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic hang over The Girl in the Lighthouse but Sanford adds a surprising twist that keeps the reader guessing about Lillian’s mysterious and horrifying family secret until the very end.
Melanie Tighe, owner of Dog-Eared Pages Used Books, reviews books by Arizona authors. Signed copies of The Girl in the Lighthouse are available in the store and at www.dogearedpagesusedbooks.com
I really enjoyed the first half of the story, and the twist in the middle was very interesting. It's very Jane Eyre, which I enjoyed. However, whoever the commenter is who said this is a fine book for young readers might not have been paying attention. Most of the story is in her pre-teens, and she's a pretty lusty pre-teen
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