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Islands

By: Peggy Frew
Narrated by: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood
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From the best-selling author of Hope Farm.

Helen and John are too preoccupied with making a mess of their marriage to notice the quiet ways in which their daughters are suffering. Junie grows up brittle and defensive, Anna difficult and rebellious.

When 15-year-old Anna fails to come home one night, her mother's not too worried; Anna's taken off before but always returned. Helen waits three days to report her disappearance. But this time Anna doesn't come back....

A spellbinding novel in the tradition of Helen Garner, Charlotte Wood and Georgia Blain, Islands is a riveting and brilliant portrait of a family in crisis.

©2019 Peggy Frew (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

Critic Reviews

“Peggy Frew is an amazing writer...Elegant, tender and very wise.” (Chris Womersley, author of City of Crows)

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This book is beautifully written. Unfortunately I found the story line lacking substance,it felt as though it was headed somewhere, however it never found its destination. I was left feeling disappointed , much like all of the characters in the book, perhaps that was the authors intention.The narration was excellent.

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The premise of the story was good but that was all. It was written like a whisper of a story, a riddle, a poem. It hinted at everything but i couldn’t keep hold of the story. The language was beautiful but it didn’t hold up for me. Hated it! Sorry….

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