Whale Fall

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ISBN: 9781035024735
Title: Whale Fall
Author: OCONNOR ELIZABETH

It is 1938 and for a young woman, Manod, just turned eighteen, living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. Rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. The empty houses remind them of men the last Great War took and now they see bad omens everywhere.

When two strangers from the mainland arrive on a white boat, keen to study the island’s people, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover a life for herself. But, as she guides them across the island’s wild landscape and becomes entangled in their relationship, the outside world begins to look terrifyingly out of reach.

Elizabeth O’Connor’s beautiful, devastating debut, tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world in great tumult.

Format: Trade Paper
Publication date: 25/04/2024
Pages: 224
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