Meet Sean & Linda
The Light Between Us is a dual-timeline love story about two artists who find each other, lose each other, and meet again when life has finally taught them how to look.
Sean O’Connell — the boy who chased the light
Quiet, observant, and carrying his father’s army-shadow, Sean learns to speak through a camera—gifted to him by a girl who sees what he could be. Just as his talent blooms, a posting to Cyprus pulls him away. Decades later he’s a renowned photographer, but the images that linger are the ones he never took: a girl with a sketchbook, autumn light, a crooked sycamore.
Linda Fletcher — the woman who draws the truth
Linda sketches the world into sense. She’s the first to believe in Sean and the one who places her dad’s old camera in his hands. Life moves on—art college, marriage, a son (Daniel, now in the RAF)—but her drawings keep circling one question: what if the first draft of love was the truest?
Two timelines. One tether.
1985 and 2025 mirror each other like negative and print—mixtapes (The Cure, Tears for Fears), letters, and a tree that bends but doesn’t break. When a found book brings them face to face, both must decide: protect the lives they built, or finally step into the light together.
Why you’ll love this story
For anyone with a kept-safe “what if,” this is a book about art as rescue, tenderness as courage, and love that learns to grow up.
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