The Island Child
By
Molly Aitken
Read by
Alana Kerr Collins
Release:
07/28/2020
Runtime:
9h 47m
Unabridged
Quantity:
An exquisite debut from an exciting new voice in Irish fiction . . . There’s a lot to love about The Island Child . . . Aitken’s prose is more generous—and more old-fashioned—than that of her fellow countrywoman, Sally Rooney . . . She writes with particular power when her characters are in extremis. This could so easily have been overdone. Aitken takes it right to the line, and no further—that is a real skill.
Ella Cory-Wright, The Telegraph
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.
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.
Release:
2020-07-28
Runtime:
9h 47m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593216422
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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