Book Description:
I guess our life on the island was one which never fit you right. I like to imagine you some days when I look out the window across the harbour, all those miles of sea and land between us. But, sister, we are always connected.
When young nurse Emer loses her beloved sister, she is haunted by grief and desperate to escape her memories. Taking a job in Vinalhaven, a rocky outpost in the wild Atlantic, feels like the refuge she so badly needs.
Her patient, Susannah, has lived in isolation for many years, since the tragic death of her sister Kate caused her to withdraw from island life. However, when Emer discovers a bundle of letters in a rainbow quilt in her bedroom and shares the story of her own loss, Susannah opens up. She begins to tell the story of Kate’s brutal and secret past, and her marriage to a man with a heart as cold as the ocean.
But when Emer starts asking locals about Kate, the island air sizzles with hostility. There are people who would rather that Susannah kept quiet, who have no qualms about threatening Emer. But despite the warnings to stay away, Emer is determined to find out what really happened the night Kate died – and the final secret that is keeping Susannah a prisoner to the past.
An unputdownable and unforgettable story of impossible choices and two sisters who would do anything for one another. Set on a bewitching sea-scented island, The Island Girls will burrow into your heart. Perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate, Anita Shreve and The Light Between Oceans.
When young nurse Emer loses her beloved sister, she is haunted by grief and desperate to escape her memories. Taking a job in Vinalhaven, a rocky outpost in the wild Atlantic, feels like the refuge she so badly needs.
Her patient, Susannah, has lived in isolation for many years, since the tragic death of her sister Kate caused her to withdraw from island life. However, when Emer discovers a bundle of letters in a rainbow quilt in her bedroom and shares the story of her own loss, Susannah opens up. She begins to tell the story of Kate’s brutal and secret past, and her marriage to a man with a heart as cold as the ocean.
But when Emer starts asking locals about Kate, the island air sizzles with hostility. There are people who would rather that Susannah kept quiet, who have no qualms about threatening Emer. But despite the warnings to stay away, Emer is determined to find out what really happened the night Kate died – and the final secret that is keeping Susannah a prisoner to the past.
An unputdownable and unforgettable story of impossible choices and two sisters who would do anything for one another. Set on a bewitching sea-scented island, The Island Girls will burrow into your heart. Perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate, Anita Shreve and The Light Between Oceans.
MY REVIEW:
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Emer is a nurse and loses her sister to cancer. She blames herself for not being there at that moment because she was to caught up in her boyfriend. So she dumps him and takes on a new job. Her patient Susannah has live in isolation in the rocky outpost of the Atlantic. She has been there ever since the tragic death of her sister Kate.
This story goes back and forth from the past to the present in each chapter, Some is the POV of Susannah now and in the past. We also get to know Emer better. While there, Emer finds a bundle of letters that Savannah had written to Kate and Kate kept them. Susannah is writing a story for her nieces, about their mother and had kept the letters Kate gave her, Now she has her letters as well. Both of these women need to let the past go. But the Islanders don't like Susannah and blame her for things that have gone wrong.
I enjoyed this book very much. Getting to know Susannah from the time she was a little girl until the present. H0w her mother treated her and how she was treated by her peers.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the ARC.
This story goes back and forth from the past to the present in each chapter, Some is the POV of Susannah now and in the past. We also get to know Emer better. While there, Emer finds a bundle of letters that Savannah had written to Kate and Kate kept them. Susannah is writing a story for her nieces, about their mother and had kept the letters Kate gave her, Now she has her letters as well. Both of these women need to let the past go. But the Islanders don't like Susannah and blame her for things that have gone wrong.
I enjoyed this book very much. Getting to know Susannah from the time she was a little girl until the present. H0w her mother treated her and how she was treated by her peers.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the ARC.
Author Bio:
Noelle Harrison is the Irish author of nine novels and five plays and has been translated into over 13 different languages. Her short stories have been published in Lines of Vision, Irish Writing on Irish Art, & Gutter Magazine of New Scottish Writing. In 2016, Noelle co-founded Aurora Writers' Retreats building on 20 years’ experience of teaching creative writing in Ireland, Scotland, Norway and England.
@NoelleHarrison
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