Bibliograph

The island child, A novel., Molly Aitken

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The island child, A novel., Molly Aitken

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The island child

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electronic resource

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dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Molly Aitken

Sub title

A novel.

Summary

A spellbinding, deeply felt debut novel-soaring and poignant-about passion, freedom, motherhood, and the power to shape our destinies. Oona grew up on the island of Inis: a wind-blasted rock off the coast of Ireland where the men went out on fishing boats and the women tended turf fires; where the only book was the Bible; and where girls stayed at home until they became mothers themselves. The island was a gift for some, a prison for others. Even as a child, Oona knew she wanted to leave, but she never could have anticipated the tumultuous turn of events that would ultimately compel her to flee. Now, after twenty years-after Oona has forged a new, very different life for herself-her daughter vanishes, forcing Oona to face her past in order, finally, to be free of it. Heralding a singularly gifted new voice in fiction, The Island Child is a timeless story of birth and betrayal, storms and shipwrecks and fairy children, and the weight of long-buried secrets

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