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The Lantern Keeper

The Lantern Keeper

Buchanan, Jerry

Paperback

General Fiction

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ISBN13: 9798233880261
Publisher: Jerry Buchanan
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Lantern Keeper is a contemplative trilogy exploring the profound ways companionship-specifically the wordless kind-softens isolation and reshapes the human spirit. Moving through three interconnected narratives, the book examines the quiet grace of three unlikely keepers:

  • Patches, a calico cat who arrives at a care facility to become a steady anchor for those drifting into the silence of memory;
  • Hercules, a vigilant neighbor cat whose wordless watchfulness builds a bridge between two lonely households separated by a fence;
  • Benny, a non-verbal boy who finds his voice not in speech, but in a sacred bond with the animals and the natural world around him.

Spanning the space between grief and renewal, these stories illuminate how presence-whether human or animal-acts as a lantern in the dark, guiding the lost toward connection, meaning, and hope. A tribute to the companions who watch over us, The Lantern Keeper proves that the most powerful languages are often the ones spoken without a sound.

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