This "poetic, poignant" (US Weekly) debut features last great adventures, unlikely heroes, and a "sweet, disarming story of lasting love" (The New York Times Book Review). Eighty-three-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from rural Saskatchewan, Canada eastward to the sea. As Etta walks further toward the crashing waves, the lines among memory, illusion, and reality blur. Otto wakes to a note left on the kitchen table. "I will try to remember to come...
This "poetic, poignant" (US Weekly) debut features last great adventures, unlikely heroes, and a "sweet, disarming story of lasting love" (T...
As the fishing industry collapses and residents leave the island, 10-year-old Finn finds himself living in a ghost town, a place where whole rows of houses stand abandoned. But Finn still has his sister Cora and Mrs Callaghan, who teaches him the melodies of their native Ireland. That is until his sister disappears and he must find a way of calling home the family and the life he has lost.
As the fishing industry collapses and residents leave the island, 10-year-old Finn finds himself living in a ghost town, a place where whole rows of h...
