Haven

By Emma Donoghue

Book Overview

In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of Room, three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them.

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks--young Trian and old Cormac--he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare rock inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316414131
• ISBN13: 9780316414135
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A little struggle bus with a great ending for me.

Overall, I like this story because I appreciated the way it ended. The rest of it was a bit of a struggle and slightly boring, and I really had to push myself to keep going. I did so because it was a book club choice. The end made the book for me. Full disclosure, I think this is a good read for faith-based people which I am not. If I were, I do think the story would’ve been a little more gripping throughout.