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The Island

The Island

Author(s): Elin Hilderbrand

Location(s): Nantucket

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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This summer, four women are hoping to escape their troubles…

Birdie is organising a wedding, though her own marriage is falling apart. Her sister India is running away from her first chance of happiness in a long time, while her daughter Tate is running to something, but what that is, she doesn’t yet know. And then there’s Chess, who is just a mystery that none of the family know if they will everunravel.

Gathering together for the first time in years on Tuckernuck Island, in a ramshackle house with no running water on a remote island, the women settle into a routine.

But just how long can they hide from the secrets, lies and tragedy they have left behind?

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Passionately engaged with the subject (Sunday Times) Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans….but most commendable is her compassionate portrait of the outcasts (Guardian)

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the sparkling blue, windswept atmosphere of the New England islands really rang true for me and has made me want to revisit the area. (Daisyrock Sharonsworld)

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