About the Book & the Author

The Lighthouse Letters follows a woman who, while sorting the attic of her late mother's coastal cottage, discovers a bundle of unsent letters hidden in an old lighthouse logbook. Each note peels back a layer of the past, revealing a network of love, regret, and small acts of courage that shaped a family. Tender, atmospheric, and propulsive, the novel asks how we reckon with the lives left behind and what it takes to forgive ourselves.

J.M. Calloway writes intimate, evocative fiction about memory, place, and the quiet turning points that alter a life. She lives part of the year by the sea and spends the rest writing and speaking with book clubs. Sign up for the mailing list for exclusive excerpts, event announcements, and a free reading guide for The Lighthouse Letters.