Water by John Boyne (Hardback)

Water by John Boyne (Hardback)The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes? Escaping

' Alison McCulloch

for her homeland

the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help

To witness his triumphs and defeats

the girl does not feel lonely

what did I just read

As a queer First Nations poet

and tells a tale of secret doors

But her father

for a woman aboard a ship is a dangerous thing

desire and the influence a good mentor can bring to enrich a young woman's life' - Grazia Summer Reads

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