LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD
‘Thrillingly original’ Naoise Dolan
‘Exquisite’ Daily Telegraph
Twenty years ago, Oona left the island of Inis for the very first time. A wind-blasted rock of fishing boats and turf fires, where girls stayed in their homes until they became mothers themselves, the island was a gift for some, a prison for others.
The Island Child tells two stories: of the girl who grew up watching births and betrayals, storms and secrets, and of the adult Oona, desperate to find a second chance, only to discover she can never completely escape. As the strands of Oona’s life come together, in blood and marriage and motherhood, she must accept the price we pay when we love what is never truly ours . . .
A propos de l’auteur
Molly Aitken was born in Scotland and brought up in Ireland. Her short fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, for which she won the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction 2023, Banshee, and has been dramatized for BBC Radio 4. Her first novel The Island Child was longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. Molly is currently studying for a Ph D in Creative Writing and History at Sheffield Hallam University. @Molly Aitken1 | @molly.aitken
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