The Island Child

By Molly Aitken

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525658378
• ISBN13: 9780525658375
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.3"