In 1910, the young and passionate artist, Lily Briscoe, begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay and her youngest son, James. Initially discouraged, Lily spends ten years building the confidence to trust in her vision and finish her masterpiece. To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf¿s semi-autobiographical novel about family, the human experience, and the acceptance of all life has to offer good, bad and everything in between.