To the Lighthouse

An exquisite novel in which times of action intertwine and blend, and the summer spent by the wealthy Ramsay family on the Isle of Skye turns out to be a kind of British "chronicle of lost time"—a fragile, almost idyllic time doomed to soon be destroyed by the First World War. The children will grow up—some will survive and mature, some will lay down their lives on the battlefields. Minor failures and grievances will be forgotten. The old house will be abandoned, the garden will overgrow. But will the dream of a trip to the distant lighthouse come true for any of the Ramsay children?..