Water / John Boyne.
By: Boyne, John.
Publisher: London : Doubleday, 2023Description: 176 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780857529817 (hbk.) :; 0857529811 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): General | General Fiction | Modern & contemporary fictionSummary: 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 her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Eccleston Library Novels | Available | 38055400025049 | ||||
Adult book | Haydock Library Novels | Issued | 23/05/2024 | 38055400025050 | |||
Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | Available | 38055400025051 |
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 her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.